TABLE 5.
All Complications and Revisions From Trial Period to the End of Follow-up of the 27 Patients With Permanently Implanted SCS Device
Revisions and complications during SCS | |||
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SCS with | |||
Type of revision/complication | Surgical paddle lead n = 17 | Percutaneous lead n = 10 | Total quantity |
Deep infection (electrode) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Electrode repositioned because of | |||
Migration | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Stimulation to wrong area | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Electrode replaced because of | |||
Hardware malfunction | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Migration | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Extensions replaced because of hardware malfunction | 2 | 0 | 2 |
IPG repositioned because of local pain | 1 | 1 | 2 |
IPG replaced because of | |||
End of the lifespan | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Hardware malfunction | 1 | 0 | 1 |
SCS device replaced | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Total | 18 | 12 | 30 |
SCS = spinal cord stimulation. IPG = internal pulse generator.