Despite globally favourable outcomes of Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS), a significant proportion of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS) patients do not obtain adequate coverage of low back pain. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) has obtained the European Conformity mark for the treatment of chronic refractory neuropathic pain and is now commonly used in some countries to target back pain. However, the potential value of combining SCS and PNS as "hybrid stimulation" remains poorly described with only isolated case reports or limited experience in various indications. The "CUMPNS" comparative randomized study is designed to demonstrate the potential analgesic efficacy of PNS in addition to previously implanted SCS, to treat the residual low back pain component pain in refractory FBSS patients.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
14
Poitiers University Hospital
Poitiers, France
Relative change of low back pain surface (expressed as a percentage, %)
Time frame: 3 month follow-up
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