ReviewBrain sciences2018
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Neuropathic Pain: Current Trends and Future Applications.
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Observational, Prospective, Monocentric Study, Assessing the Use of Rechargeable Spinal Cord Stimulators for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain. Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation Protocol
Virtual Pain Neuroscience Education for Patients Undergoing Spinal Cord Stimulation: A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Pilot Trial
Who cites it
44 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.
- Spinal cord stimulation: An emerging strategy for chronic pain relief after spinal cord injury.Neural regeneration research · 2026Article
- Pain Medicine Specialist: Championing High-Quality Development for Neuromodulation Technology.Current medical science · 2026Review
- EEG neurofeedback for the treatment of neuropathic pain in the elderly-a mechanistic review.GeroScience · 2026Review
- Evaluation of the usability of the spinal cord stimulator recharging procedure in the treatment of neuropathic pain. A quantitative and qualitative study.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Integrated hierarchical surface restructuring of assembled electrode arrays for next-generation neural interfaces.PloS one · 2026Article
- Minimally invasive tubular retractor implantation of a paddle electrode stimulator for the trigeminal nucleus caudalis: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2025Article
- Spinal Cord Stimulation: Mechanisms of Action, Indications, Types, Complications.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Spinal cord stimulation protocols for modern pain management: from two-stage models to direct-to-implant strategies.Pain management · 2025Review
- 14. Discogenic Low Back Pain.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2025Review
- Neuropathic Pain: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis of Research Trends, Contributions, and Future Directions.Current pain and headache reports · 2025Review
- Spinal Cord Stimulation Alleviates Sensitization of Neuropathic Pain by Upregulating G Protein-Coupled Receptors to Inhibit Overexpression of Cav2.2 and Its Downstream Excitatory Neurotransmitters.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
- Advances in the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain by Sympathetic Regulation.Current pain and headache reports · 2024Review
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- RETRACTED: A meta-analysis on the impact of spinal cord stimulation on post-operative wound healing in patients with multiple sclerosis.International wound journal · 2024Article
- Spinal cord stimulator explant caused by post-incisional cellulitis secondary to Varicella Zoster Virus (shingles) infection: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2023Article
- The PATIENT Approach: A New Bundle for the Management of Chronic Pain.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Review
- Trial or not trial in the practice of spinal cord stimulation. That's the question.Interventional pain medicine · 2023Article
- Editorial for the Special Issue "Chronic Neuropathic Pain Therapy and Anaesthesia".Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Diagnosis and Management of Neuropathic Pain in Spine Diseases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Exploratory evaluation of spinal cord stimulation with dynamic pulse patterns: a promising approach to improve stimulation sensation, coverage of pain areas, and expected pain relief.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
The origin and the neural pathways involved in chronic neuropathic pain are still not extensively understood. For this reason, despite the wide variety of pain medications available on the market, neuropathic pain is challenging to treat. The present therapeutic alternative considered as the gold standard for many kinds of chronic neuropathic pain is epidural spinal cord stimulation (SCS). Despite its proved efficacy, the favourable cost-effectiveness when compared to the long-term use of poorly effective drugs and the expanding array of indications and technical improvements, SCS is still worldwide largely neglected by general practitioners, neurologists, neurosurgeons and pain therapists, often bringing to a large delay in considering as a therapeutic option for patients affected by neuropathic chronic pain. The present state of the art of SCS in the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain is here overviewed and speculations on whether to use a trial period or direct implant, to choose between percutaneous leads or paddle electrodes and on the pros and cons of the different patterns of stimulation presently available on the market (tonic stim, high-frequency stim and burst stim) are described.
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