Improved Psychosocial and Functional Outcomes and Reduced Opioid Usage Following Burst Spinal Cord Stimulation.

Steven Michael FalowskiGregory A MooreEric G CornidezJ Kelby HutchesonKenneth CandidoIsaac PeñaBram BlommeRobyn A Capobianco

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

One-year outcomes after B-SCS show improvements across all evaluated psychological measures with the largest impact observed on catastrophizing and depression (the affective component of pain processing). These pain-related beliefs and behaviors, and not pain intensity, have been shown to put patients at greatest risk of a poor prognosis and quality of life.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
poor prognosis
pain management
neuropathic pain
spinal cord
long non coding rna
bipolar disorder
sleep quality
depressive symptoms
high intensity
mental health