Invasive Electrical Neuromodulation for the Treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Ashley Laurence Bharat Raghu Tariq Parker Tipu Z AzizAlexander L GreenGeorge Hadjipavlou Rustam D Rea James J FitzGerald

Published in: Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society (2020)

Efficacious, lasting and safe surgical pain management options are available to diabetic patients suffering from PDN. Tonic-SCS is the established standard of treatment; however, other SCS paradigms and DRGS are emerging as promising treatments offering comparable pain benefits, but with few cases published to date. Randomized controlled trials are ongoing to assess their relative merits.

Keyphrases

pain management
chronic pain
randomized controlled trial
type diabetes
neuropathic pain
meta analyses