Six-Month Follow-up of a Trial of Spinal Cord Burst Stimulation vs Placebo Stimulation and Disability in Patients With Chronic Radicular Pain After Lumbar Spine Surgery

Sozaburo Hara; Hege Andresen; Ole Solheim; Sven M Carlsen; Asgeir S Jakola; Øyvind O Salvesen; Sasha Gulati

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.6780

Six-Month Follow-up of a Trial of Spinal Cord Burst Stimulation vs Placebo Stimulation and Disability in Patients With Chronic Radicular Pain After Lumbar Spine Surgery

JAMA. 2023 Jun 13;329(22):1985-1986. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.6780.

Authors

Sozaburo Hara¹, Hege Andresen², Ole Solheim³, Sven M Carlsen⁴, Asgeir S Jakola⁵, Øyvind O Salvesen⁶, Sasha Gulati³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
² National Advisory Unit on Spinal Surgery, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, St Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
⁴ Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
⁵ Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This follow-up study examines back pain–related disability at 6 months following a randomized trial of spinal cord burst stimulation for chronic radicular pain after lumbar spine surgery.

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Disabled Persons
Electric Stimulation Therapy / methods
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery
Neurosurgical Procedures* / adverse effects
Neurosurgical Procedures* / methods
Pain / etiology
Placebo Effect
Radiculopathy* / etiology
Radiculopathy* / therapy
Spinal Cord
Spinal Cord Stimulation* / methods

Supplementary concepts

Neuropathy, Painful