Spinal cord stimulation
Conditions
Treating chronic pain with spinal cord stimulation (SCS)
SCS is indicated for intractable chronic neuropathic pain.
See our data to understand how SCS therapy provides durable and sustainable relief from intractable chronic neuropathic pain.1–3
Leg and foot pain
86%
of patients with painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) reported treatment success after receiving SCS therapy for 12 months.†,1
Upper limb pain
100%
of patients with upper limb pain were satisfied or very satisfied with DTM™ SCS at 12 months.2
Back pain
93%
of patients with back pain felt satisfied or very satisfied with their DTM™ SCS programming at 12 months.3
Medtronic SCS indications
Medtronic is indicated for spinal cord stimulation as an aid in the management of chronic, intractable pain of the trunk and/or limbs, including unilateral or bilateral pain associated with the following conditions:
- Failed back syndrome (FBS) or low back syndrome or failed back
- Radicular pain syndrome or radiculopathies resulting in pain secondary to failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) or herniated disc
- Post-laminectomy pain
- Multiple back operations
- Unsuccessful disc surgery
- Degenerative disc disease (DDD)/herniated disc pain refractory to conservative and surgical interventions
- Peripheral causalgia
- Epidural fibrosis
- Arachnoiditis or lumbar adhesive arachnoiditis
- Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), or causalgia
- Diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities
Areas in blue are covered for pain relief by SCS based on approved FDA indications.
