when after fusion/laminectomy do yo consider SCS therapy?

Honestly, I typically wait atleast a 8months or 1 year before doing a SCS trial and usually after 1-2 ESIs didnt help. But I'm wondering if I'm too conservative.... Surgeons do their surgeries and usually tell patients, "it may take 6months to 1 year" to fuse. They tell their patients that we arent necessarily doing the surgery for pain, but to "stabilize" the spine. I was recently told that in theory if after 3months and there's no fusion or pseudoarthrosis, then one should consider... when after fusion/laminectomy do yo consider SCS therapy?
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