SCS for refractory neuroclaudication

Hi all, I have a few patients with severe symptomatic lumbar stenosis, who are not surgical candidates. They are all in their 80s, some with mild dementia (but not assisted-living level), and they have seen surgeons who felt the patient's risk of decline with surgery was too high. Stenosis is severe, like pinhole, no-CSF visible, and they have the classic LBP->posterior thigh pain worse with activity. No cauda equina, or even much leg weakness, but considerable pain and activity... Read more
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