Spinal Cord Stimulation Implant

Nicholas Bremer, MD, an interventional pain physician at CAMC, specializes in minimally-invasive procedures to help patients manage chronic pain.

Spinal cord stimulation implant can provide long-term, opioid-free management of chronic pain.

When Tina Wilkinson woke up from a surgery to implant a spinal cord stimulator, her nurse asked how she felt. For the first time in nearly four years, Wilkinson was pain free and wept with relief.

[rachelscott]

I have had back pain for 13 years and I just got my spinal cord put in May 5 th of 2021. It is a life saver. I am soo grateful for the spinal cord stimulator. I have about 75 percent of pain relief and I can sit down for a long period of time and can do more activities as long as it's tolerable.

[levanhunts]

I am getting ready to do the trial for a spinal stimulator right now. I have had back pain for 12 years and it just keeps getting worse. I thought I had come to the point that there was nothing left to do for my pain, until my interventional radiologist told me about this. I am willing to try it out because of having so much pain! I am quite nervous about it though, just because I am not sure of what to expect. I am happy to hear that it has been so helpful for you. Best wishes to you.

[shalicgraw]

Read this: “Implanted Spinal Cord Stimulators for Pain Relief: Illustrating the FDA’s Dangerously Lax Oversight of High-Risk Implantable Medical Devices” Public Citizen, June 2020 Michael A. Carome, M.D. -The report’s overarching observation in the conclusion on page 50: “Taken together, the observations summarized in this report demonstrate that there is NOT a reasonable assurance that implanted spinal-cord stimulators for pain relief…are safe and effective for their FDA-cleared or FDA-approved uses.” Read the full report at a Public Citizen

[BenIsraelDavid]

She is lying this is my first day and I'm in unbelievable pain!!!