Neurostimulation in special situations
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spinal cord stimulation, complex painAbstract
Despite of almost forty years of successful clinical application, several issues remain controversial in spinal cord stimulation yet. Among them can be included the mechanisms of action involved, the most appropriate selection criteria of patients, the duration of the therapeutic trial, the best outcome assessment, and so on.
However, there is an issue of agreement: the absolute need of over imposing neurostimulation induced paresthesias with the location of pain.
This goal is not always easy to achieve. Sometimes the reasons are some anatomic factors, sometimes due to clinical characteristics.
This review deals about the state of art of to achieve the most successful overlapping in special clinical situations.
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