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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Disability Pension Did Not Reduce Opioid Use Among Patients With Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Who Were Trialed and Implanted for Spinal Cord Stimulation.

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2022 Aug


Pain Physician


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35901485?dopt=Abstract


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Disability Pension Did Not Reduce Opioid Use Among Patients With Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Who Were Trialed and Implanted for Spinal Cord Stimulation.

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Disability Pension Did Not Reduce Opioid Use Among Patients With Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Who Were Trialed and Implanted for Spinal Cord Stimulation.
Kaijankoski H, Nissen M, Pesonen J, Ikaheimo T-M, von Und Zu Fraunberg M, Airaksinen O, Huttunen J
Pain Physician. 2022 Aug; 25(5):E739-E748.
PMID: 35901485.

Abstract

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is an effective treatment for failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS). In patients with FBSS, opioids have often been initiated, even before SCS is trialed.