. 2022 May 1;16(5):e01589.
doi: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000001589.
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Abstract
Dorsal root ganglion stimulation (DRG-S) is widely accepted for treating focal pain syndromes. We present the case of a 46-year-old woman with severe lumbar radiculopathy with an implanted spinal cord stimulator (SCS) that had lost efficacy. She developed an incisional hernia after undergoing a minimally invasive, extreme lateral interbody fusion and SCS explant. After herniorrhaphy, she presented with severe pain at the T10-T11 dermatomes, which we treated with DRG-S. One-year after lumbar fusion, her refractory lumbar and radicular pain returned, which we ultimately treated with bilateral T12+S1 DRG-S. DRG-S was thus used to successfully treat focal postsurgical and diffuse chronic pain.
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Conflict of interest statement
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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