Short-term spinal cord stimulation is an effective therapeutic approach for herpetic-related neuralgia—A Chinese nationwide expert consensus

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Short-term spinal cord stimulation (st-SCS) has been widely used to treat herpetic-related neuralgia (HN) in China for several years, but is still heavily debated as it has no strong evidence in clinical application. Therefore, a questionnaire survey among the Chinese pain specialist workgroup of the Chinese Neuromodulation Society and Chinese Medical Doctor Association was carried out to achieve a consensus about the clinical use of st-SCS for HN treatment.

Methods

The contents of the questionnaire include basic information about doctors (hospital level, work experience, training, procedure numbers, etc.), efficacy, indications, and contraindications of st-SCS, operation conditions, and preoperative preparation of st-SCS, and the prospect of the st-SCS procedure.

SUBMITTER: Sun W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9530637 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature