Wireless High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation (10 kHz) Compared with Multiwaveform Low-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation in the Management of Chronic Pain in Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Subjects: Preliminary Results of a Multicenter, Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

• Published in: Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) Vol. 20; no. 10; pp. 1971 - 1979
• Main Authors: Bolash, Robert, Creamer, Michael, Rauck, Richard, Vahedifar, Payam, Calodney, Aaron, Fox, Ira, Özaktay, Cuneyt, Panchal, Sunil, Vanquathem, Niek, Yasin, Mezaun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.10.2019
• Subjects: Arm; Back surgery; Backache; Care and treatment; Chronic pain; Comparative analysis; Electric stimulation therapy; Electrical stimuli; Electrodes; Leg; Medical treatment; Pain; Quality of life; Sleep; Spinal cord; Surgery; Vertebrae; Florida; Wireless; High Frequency; Failed Back Surgery Syndrome; Chronic Back Pain; Spinal Cord stimulation

This study aimed to evaluate the wireless Freedom Spinal Cord Stimulator (WSCS) System for the treatment of chronic back and/or leg pain associated with failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) refractory to standard medical treatment utilizing 10-kHz stimulation (high-frequency [HF]) in comparison with...