Unit for chronic refractory pain through neurostimulation

Unit for chronic refractory pain through neurostimulation

Chronic pain is susceptible to treatment using electrical stimulation by means of a fairly simple operation

Chronic pain refers to lumbar pain, diabetic neuralgia, and trigeminal and post-herpetic neuralgias, among others, and is permanent, debilitating pain with most being refractory to multiple medications.

Traditional pain units typically directed patients to treatment with drugs, especially opioids, which are responsible for many of the secondary effects (behavioral disorders, drowsiness, addiction, etc.). Nowadays, chronic pain can be treated with electrical stimulation, a therapy that consists of the placement of electrodes or wires at the site responsible for or causing the pain, which are then connected to a long-life (20 year) battery that is implanted in the abdomen by means of a fairly simple operation.

What can Barcelona-Parkinson
offer you?

  • Medical consultations
  • Neurophysiology
  • Rehabilitation

Treatment steps

Neurostimulation consists of sending electrical impulses via an electrode together with an implantable neurostimulator, which block pain messages and prevent them from reaching the brain:

  • The doctor places a temporary electrode on the skin (percutaneously) to test the treatment. The electrode is connected to a stimulator that the patient can control.
  • If the first step is successful, the doctor can implant a permanent stimulator beneath the skin. This is usually done with a local anesthetic and a sedative.
  • Once the outpatient procedure is complete, the patient and their doctor determine the best power level for the electrical impulse.
  • The patient is shown how to use the stimulator at home

Benefits of treatment

85% of our patients show improvement after this therapy Of our patients show improvement after this therapy
Elimination of pain Elimination of pain
Reduction or elimination of medications that cause side effects Reduction or elimination of medications that cause side effects
Long-term prosthesis Long-term prosthesis
90% of our patients recommend this therapy Of our patients recommend this therapy
It helps against certain kinds of chronic pain, such as failed spinal surgery syndrome and complex regional pain syndrome It helps against certain kinds of chronic pain, such as failed spinal surgery syndrome and complex regional pain syndrome
It can alleviate chronic lower back pain It can alleviate chronic lower back pain
It relieves certain types of chronic pain, such as peripheral nerve pain and postoperative pain It relieves certain types of chronic pain, such as peripheral nerve pain and postoperative pain
50% of people receiving spinal cord stimulation for chronic lower back pain and leg pain, ischemic leg pain, or complex regional pain syndrome have experienced a decrease or relief of pain, according to some researchers Of people receiving spinal cord stimulation for chronic lower back pain and leg pain, ischemic leg pain, or complex regional pain syndrome have experienced a decrease or relief of pain, according to some researchers