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Guest article: Spinal stimulation

by Marijke Durning, RN on May 28th, 2008

Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, a company that manufactures spinal stimulators has kindly offered us this article on what spinal cord stimulation is and what the stimulators do.

Spinal Cord Stimulation

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) devices are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a method of pain control for the treatment of chronic pain of the arms, legs and trunk, or pain resulting from failed back surgery. Although it is not a cure, SCS therapy can be successful in reducing pain that is the result of dysfunction or damage to the nervous system caused by injury, disease or localized trauma.

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