| Abbreviation | Definition |
| AMDG | Agency Medical Directors’ Group |
| CCI | Canadian Classification of Health Interventions |
| CHUM | Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal |
| CRPS | Complex regional pain syndrome |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| FBSS | Failed back surgery syndrome |
| IPG | Implantable pulse generator |
| IQR | Interquartile range |
| MME | Morphine milligram equivalent |
| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| SCS | Spinal cord stimulation |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| STROBE | Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology |
| VAS | Visual analog scale |