Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data on nine patients with exclusive or predominant low back pain treated with paddle spinal cord stimulation
| Case no | Age, sex | Diagnosis | Implant level, device | VAS preop
|
VAS postop
|
% dec of LBP* | Follow-up (months) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LBP | LE | LBP | LE | ||||||
| 1 | 47, F | DDD (L5/S1) DJD (L4/5–L5/S1) |
T8–9, SJM Tripole | 7 | – | 3 | – | 50 | 41 |
| 2 | 46, F | FBSS (L5/S1) | T9–10, SJM Tripole | 4 | – | 1 | – | 75 | 24 |
| 3 | 40, M | DDD (L5/S1) DJD (L3/4–L5/S1) |
T6–7, SJM Tripole | 4 | – | 1 | – | 80 | 12 |
| 4 | 52, M | L2 fracture | T8–9, SJM Tripole | 8 | – | 2 | – | 75 | 24 |
| 5 | 33, F | FBSS (L5/S1) | T12, SJM Tripole | 8 | – | 9 | – | 0 | 24 |
| 6 | 69, F | FBSS (T9–L5) | T6–7, SJM Tripole | 8.5 | – | 1 | – | 80 | 12 |
| 7 | 58, M | DDD (L1–S1) | T8–9, SJM Tripole | 5 | – | 0 | – | 75 | 18 |
| 8 | 68, F | FBSS (L4–L5) | T8–9, SJM Tripole | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 12 |
| 9 | 75, F | DDD (L3/5–L5/S1) DJD (L3/5–L5/S1) |
T9–10, SJM Penta | 10 | 6 | 3.5 | 0 | 65 | 12 |
Note:
*
Patient estimated decrease of low back pain at follow-up.
Abbreviations: DDD, degenerative disc disease; dec, decrease; DJD, degenerative joint disease; FBSS, failed back surgery syndrome; LBP, low back pain; LE, lower extremity; SJM, St Jude Medical; VAS, visual analogue scale.