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Systematic review and meta-analysis of conventional medical management in a patient population with refractory chronic pain suitable to receive a spinal cord stimulation system.
Authors
Russo M, Nevitt S, Santarelli D, Eldabe S, Duarte RVAbstract
The aim of this review was to systematically identify all evidence that used conventional medical management (CMM) as a comparator in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapy, and to conduct a meta-analysis to investigate if continued CMM provides statistical or clinically meaningful pain relief and whether CMM effects have improved over the last few decades.