Painful Diabetic Neuropathy(PDN): Reduction In Pain And Increase Function After Implantation Of Spinal Cord Stimulator 10khz

Suzanne Abou- Diab, M.D., Rani Gardner, M.D.; Department of PM&R, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Saint Adeogba, M.D.; Department of Interventional Pain, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS)

 

Introduction

Spinal cord stimulator (SCS) is a minimally invasive, reversible form of neuromodulation that uses mild electrical currents to alter the brain’s pain perception.

Conventional SCS’s (40 to 80 Hz) mechanism is demonstrated through the Gate Control Theory.