. 2023 Mar 14;16:839–879. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S364370

Table 5.

Level of Lead Placement per Diagnosis and per Body Region

		Optimal Lead Combination(s)
Pain Syndrome/Diagnosis	Amputee pain	Use radiofrequency (RF) sensory mapping or periradicular infiltration to locate most affected areas prior to trial⁸⁸^,¹⁰³^,¹³⁵^,²³⁵
	Discogenic pain	L2⁹^,⁷⁷^,⁸² or T12²^,³^,⁸^,¹²⁵
	Post-knee replacement syndrome	L 2,3,4¹²^,⁸¹^,¹⁰²^,¹⁰⁴^,¹²¹^,¹²³
	Pudendal neuralgia	L1 and S2¹⁴⁴
	Postherpetic neuralgia	At level DRG, or above and below affected dermatome¹³⁶^,¹³⁷^,¹⁴²^,²³⁶
	Post-thoracotomy syndrome	At the affected level(s)¹³⁶^,¹⁴²^,²³⁶
	Post-herniorrhaphy syndrome	L1 followed by T12 and L2¹⁰⁴^,¹⁰⁵^,²³⁶^,²³⁷
	Abdominal and abdominal wall pain	Dermatomal distribution⁹⁷^,^115–117^,¹⁴⁷
	Sacroiliac joint pain/adjacent segment syndrome of the SI joint	T12 and L1 or S1⁸^,¹⁰⁴
Region of Body	Hand and elbow	C5/6/7/8¹⁴^,¹²¹^,¹³⁶
	Hip joint	T12/L1, L4, and S1⁸¹^,¹²³
	Breast	T3–T7¹³⁷^,²³⁸
	Knee	L2, L3, and L4⁸¹^,¹⁰²^,¹⁰⁴^,¹²¹^,¹²⁴
	Buttock/sacroiliac	T12/S1, unilateral T12, L1, and S1¹⁰⁴
	Pelvic and genitalia	L1 and S2¹⁴⁴
	Low back	Diffuse LBP-T12²^,³^,⁸^,¹¹⁷^,¹²⁵ or L2 for discogenic pain⁹^,⁷⁷^,⁸²
	Foot/ankle	Mixed pain: L4/5/S1¹⁰⁴^,¹²³ Neuropathic pain: S1 alone⁵⁸^,¹²⁸^,²⁰¹