All your health questions answered by the professionals. We're discussing if a Spinal Cord Stimulator can help with degenerative discs
“I suffer terribly from back pain due to degenerative discs, which really impacts my daily life. I have been having injections in my back for a number of years to manage this pain. I used to get quite some time out of each injection but lately they have been working less and less. I have been Googling options, as I would like to put off surgery for as long as possible.
The descriptive terminologies for such pain include: non-surgical refractory back pain; maiden back; and virgin back. Spinal cord stimulation could be an alternative here. This is a minimally invasive, highly targeted, reversible and controlled therapy. The application of this modality may mitigate the rising use of unnecessary medications for coping with non-surgical refractory back pain.
SCS is worth trying before deciding on back surgery. Overall, risks are much less compared to more invasive spinal surgery. There are chances of infection . There could be minor nerve damage, and very rarely, paralysis . There is negligible chance of significant bleeding. Lead migration could result in loss of therapy and revision surgery. Battery site pain could be troublesome in the beginning, but this settles with time.
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