By W. A. Thomasson
Special to DG News
CHICAGO, IL — April 9, 2002 — Over a five-year period, the chronic pain of failed-back syndrome can be relieved more effectively and at lower cost using electrical stimulation of the spinal cord (SCS) than by conventional pain therapy, according to a study presented here yesterday at the annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS).
Krishna Kumar, MD, of the University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, said that in contrast to most previous attempts to address this question, this study was based on the actual treatment experiences of 104 patients followed for five years.
At entry, patients had had a median of 3.3 operations and had been out of work for at least one year.
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