Men and Women Respond Equally Well to Spinal Cord and Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation
ConclusionGender may play an influential role in pain severity at baseline but have little effect at follow-up. To help identify which patients may undergo a revision or explant, gender and age could be important factors and should be further scrutinized. Even though men and women responded equally well to SCS and DRG stimulation, more men had a revision due to lead fractures, and more women were explanted due to insufficient pain relief.
Source: Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface - Category: Biotechnology Authors: Beatrice Bretherton,
Dirk de Ridder,
Tracey Crowther,
Sheila Black,
Andy Whelan,
Ganesan Baranidharan Tags: Case Series Source Type: research
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