Spinal cord stimulation shows chronic pain benefit in study

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By Olivia Bowthorpe

Spinal cord stimulation therapy for chronic back and lower extremity pain has been found more effective than standard treatment in an analysis.

The systematic review and meta-analysis of 13 randomised clinical trials included 1,561 patients. It showed that both conventional and novel spinal cord stimulation (SCS) techniques were associated with higher efficacy after 6 months of follow-up.¹