Successful treatment of pelvic girdle pain with dorsal root ganglion stimulation

David C L Rowland; Daniel Wright; Liz Moir; James J FitzGerald; Alexander L Green

doi:10.1080/02688697.2016.1208810

Successful treatment of pelvic girdle pain with dorsal root ganglion stimulation

Br J Neurosurg. 2016 Dec;30(6):685-686. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2016.1208810. Epub 2016 Jul 17.

Authors

David C L Rowland¹, Daniel Wright², Liz Moir², James J FitzGerald², Alexander L Green²

Affiliations

¹ a Oxford University Medical School, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK.
² b Department of Neurosurgery , John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford , UK.

PMID: 27425005
DOI: 10.1080/02688697.2016.1208810

Abstract

The authors report the first case of successful implantation of a dorsal root ganglion stimulator at L1 and L2 for sustained improvement in chronic pelvic girdle pain.

Keywords: DRG stimulation; chronic pain; dorsal root ganglion stimulation; neuropathic pain; pelvic girdle pain.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Chronic Pain
Electric Stimulation Therapy / methods*
Electrodes, Implanted
Female
Ganglia, Spinal*
Humans
Pelvic Girdle Pain / therapy*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / therapy
Treatment Outcome