TY - JOUR
T1 - A new minimally invasive technique for lead revision of perc-paddle leads
AU - De Coster, Olivier
AU - Forget, Patrice
AU - Moens, Maarten
AU - Matic, Milica
AU - Choustoulakis, Lucie
AU - Poelaert, Jan
N1 - MM received research grants from Medtronic and Nevro.
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - © 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature. To report on a less-invasive technique for replacing a broken lead in a spinal cord stimulation (SCS) device that makes use of St. Jude Medical’s “Epiducer” device. A 53-year-old woman suffered a loss of stimulation on her internal pulse generator (IPG), which was found to have a broken lead. The broken lead was withdrawn using the Epiducer device with minimal invasiveness and without pain. A new lead was put in place, and successful stimulation using the IPG resumed. Follow-up 3 weeks later showed a well-functioning SCS system. An Epiducer can be used to revise the SCS system in a minimal invasive way without a new puncture. Follow-up study of this technique as well as others for revising an SCS system should be encouraged and used in comparison study.
AB - © 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature. To report on a less-invasive technique for replacing a broken lead in a spinal cord stimulation (SCS) device that makes use of St. Jude Medical’s “Epiducer” device. A 53-year-old woman suffered a loss of stimulation on her internal pulse generator (IPG), which was found to have a broken lead. The broken lead was withdrawn using the Epiducer device with minimal invasiveness and without pain. A new lead was put in place, and successful stimulation using the IPG resumed. Follow-up 3 weeks later showed a well-functioning SCS system. An Epiducer can be used to revise the SCS system in a minimal invasive way without a new puncture. Follow-up study of this technique as well as others for revising an SCS system should be encouraged and used in comparison study.
KW - Epiducer
KW - Failed back surgery syndrome
KW - Internal pulse generator
KW - Lower back pain
KW - Perc-paddle lead
KW - Revision
KW - Spinal cord stimulation
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/new-minimally-invasive-technique-lead-revision-percpaddle-leads
U2 - 10.1007/s00701-018-3500-5
DO - 10.1007/s00701-018-3500-5
M3 - Article
VL - 160
SP - 831
EP - 833
JO - Acta Neurochirurgica
JF - Acta Neurochirurgica
SN - 0001-6268
IS - 4
ER -