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Equipment viva — the spinal cord stimulation system
An equipment viva on the SCS — the electrical modulation of the dorsal-column signalling; the indications (the failed back surgery, the CRPS, the painful diabetic neuropathy, the ischaemic); the trial stimulation; the programming; and the patient selection.
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A spinal cord stimulation (the SCS) system — the implanted epidural leads, the pulse generator, the programmer. Describe its principle, its indications, and the patient selection.
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This is a spinal cord stimulation (the SCS) system — the implanted epidural leads, the implanted pulse generator, and the external programmer. Describe its principle, its indications, and the patient selection.
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- [5]Cordero-Tous N, et al. Intrathecal drug delivery as a rescue strategy in SCS patients. J Clin Med, 2026.PMID 42355686
- [42355687]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.