2021
Opioid use and spinal cord stimulation therapy: The long game
Hwang BY, Negoita S, Duy PQ, Tesay Y, Anderson WS. Opioid use and spinal cord stimulation therapy: The long game. Journal Of Clinical Neuroscience 2021, 84: 50-52. PMID: 33485599, DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.12.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMorphine equivalent dosageSpinal cord stimulationSCS implantationOpioid requirementsCertain chronic pain disordersPre-operative risk assessmentSpinal cord stimulation therapyDaily opioid consumptionOpioid consumption patternsOpioid-naïve patientsPre-operative baselineChronic pain disordersRigorous patient selectionPost-operative evaluationOpioid consumptionOpioid statusNaïve patientsOpioid usageMost patientsOpioid useSCS therapyPain disordersPatient selectionTreatment failureCord stimulation
2020
Spinal cord stimulation and psychotropic medication use: Missing piece to the puzzle?
Hwang BY, Negoita S, Duy PQ, Anderson WS. Spinal cord stimulation and psychotropic medication use: Missing piece to the puzzle? Journal Of Clinical Neuroscience 2020, 81: 158-160. PMID: 33222907, PMCID: PMC9586422, DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.09.038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychotropic medicationsSpinal cord stimulator therapyLow explantation rateTimes less likelihoodClasses of medicationsChronic pain managementChronic pain patientsPsychotropic medication useSpinal cord stimulationMajority of casesMedication usePain managementPain patientsDaily dosageTreatment failureCord stimulationDevice explantationRetrospective studySCS patientsExplantation ratePsychotropic useTreatment successMedication statusMedicationsModulatory effects