OpenAnesthesia and the APSF: Achieving Safe and Quality Anesthesia Care with Education Innovation

A spinal cord stimulator is a pain control technique of neuromodulation that involves implanting electrodes in the posterior epidural space with resultant electrical stimulation of these electrodes by an electrical pulse generator. Spinal cord stimulation is effective for pain relief of neuropathic pain rather than nociceptive pain. Indications for spinal cord stimulators include failed back surgery syndrome, postlaminectomy syndrome, refractory angina pectoris, peripheral vascular disease, and complex regional pain syndrome type 1. Spinal cord stimulation is less likely to be effective in the management of nociceptive pain caused by cancer of the pancreas, sickle cell disease, and chronic pelvic pain.