Single Lead Epidural Spinal Cord Stimulation Targeted Trunk Control and Standing in Complete Paraplegia.

ABSTRACT: A 25-year-old male with T3 complete AIS A was implanted with percutaneous spinal cord epidural stimulation (scES; eight contacts each) leads and a Medtronic Prime advance internal pulse generator. The two leads were placed at the midline level to cover the region of the T11-T12 vertebrae. Five days after implantation, X-ray showed complete migration of the left lead outside the epidural space. Two weeks after implantation, reprogramming of the single right lead (20 Hz and 240 µs) after setting the cathode at 0 and the anode at 3 resulted in target activation of the abdominal muscles and allowed for the immediate restoration of trunk control during a seated position, even with upper extremity perturbation. This was followed by achieving immediate standing after setting the single lead at -3

SUBMITTER: Gorgey AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9457264 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature