Neurotechnology for pain

LE Fisher, SF Lempka - Annual Review of Biomedical …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Neurotechnologies for treating pain rely on electrical stimulation of the central or peripheral
nervous system to disrupt or block pain signaling and have been commercialized to treat a …

Should patients with brain implants undergo MRI?

JB Erhardt, E Fuhrer, OG Gruschke… - Journal of neural …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Patients suffering from neuronal degenerative diseases are increasingly being equipped
with neural implants to treat symptoms or restore functions and increase their quality of life …

International Continence Society best practice statement for use of sacral neuromodulation

HB Goldman, JC Lloyd, KL Noblett… - Neurourology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Sacral neuromodulation (SNM) is an accepted therapy for a variety of conditions.
However, despite over 20 years of experience, it remains a specialized procedure with a …

Innovations in spinal cord stimulation for pain

SF Lempka, PG Patil - Current opinion in biomedical engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a neuromodulation therapy used to treat medically
refractory chronic pain. In SCS, an implanted pulse generator produces electrical signals …

Patient selection for spinal cord stimulation in treatment of pain: Sequential decision-making model—A narrative review

L Goudman, P Rigoard, M Billot, RV Duarte… - Journal of pain …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the well-known efficacy of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in chronic pain
management, patient selection in clinical practice remains challenging. The aim of this …

Implantable electronic stimulation devices from head to sacrum: Imaging features and functions

J Sterman, A Cunqueiro, RJ Dym, M Spektor… - Radiographics, 2019 - pubs.rsna.org
Electronic stimulation devices are implanted in various locations in the body to decrease
pain, modulate nerve function, or stimulate various end organs. The authors describe these …

Wireless spinal cord stimulation technology for the treatment of neuropathic pain: a single-center experience

R Ahmadi, MM Hajiabadi, A Unterberg, C Geist… - … : Technology at the …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives A new wireless spinal cord stimulation (SCS) technology, which was introduced
in recent years, promises minimal invasive SCS as well as additional advantages such as a …

Failure of SCS MR-conditional modes due to high impedance: a review of literature and case series

R Jotwani, A Abd-Elsayed, K Villegas, A Shakil… - Pain and Therapy, 2021 - Springer
Introduction Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) conditional modes are a novel feature for
certain Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved spinal cord stimulation (SCS) …

Exceptional cases of spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of refractory cancer-related pain

E Bulat, V Chakravarthy, J Crowther, N Rakesh… - … : Technology at the …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Cancer pain has traditionally been managed with opioids, adjuvant medications,
and interventions including injections, neural blockade, and intrathecal pump (ITP). Spinal …

[HTML][HTML] Safety and utility of spinal magnetic resonance imaging in patients with high-frequency spinal cord stimulators: a prospective single-centre study

J Manfield, R Bartlett, N Park - Stereotactic and Functional …, 2019 - karger.com
Background: Implanted high-frequency spinal cord stimulators at 10 kHz (HF-SCS) have
recently acquired conditional approval for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), including …