High-frequency – Spinal Cord Stimulation

Spinal cord stimulation: does frequency matter?

243 August 2013 S PINAL cord stimulation was first described in 1967 in an intriguing case report provided by Shealy et al.1 This first case involved the relief from cancerrelated pain using a surgically implanted electrode sutured to the dura to provide stimulation of the dorsal columns. Although the entire treatment was only for approximately 1 day before the patient’s demise, stimulation usi...

Spinal cord stimulation in experimental chronic painful diabetic polyneuropathy: Delayed effect of High‐frequency stimulation

BACKGROUND Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has been shown to provide pain relief in painful diabetic polyneuropathy (PDPN). As the vasculature system plays a great role in the pathophysiology of PDPN, a potential beneficial side-effect of SCS is peripheral vasodilation, with high frequency (HF) SCS in particular. We hypothesize that HF-SCS (500 Hz), compared with conventional (CON) or low frequen...

Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)

Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)

Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)