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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Spinal cord stimulation and return to work of patients with failed back surgery syndrome.

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2023 Jan 20


Pain Pract


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36680372?dopt=Abstract

Spinal cord stimulation and return to work of patients with failed back surgery syndrome.

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Spinal cord stimulation and return to work of patients with failed back surgery syndrome.
Masson V D-L, Gatt M-T, Chekroun C, Turak B, Djian M C
Pain Pract. 2023 Jan 20.
PMID: 36680372.

Abstract

Chronic pain has a substantial negative impact on work-related outcomes, which underlines the importance of interventions to reduce the burden. Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) efficiently relieves pain in specific chronic pain syndromes and is recommended for treating failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) or post-surgical chronic back pain that is refractory to other treatments. To examine the impact of SCS in patients with FBSS on the return to work (RTW), we determined the RTW rate and the factors positively associated with the RTW.
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