title: Spinal cord stimulation: patient selection, technique, and outcomes.
abstract: Spinal cord stimulation, as with neuromodulation procedures in general, is a nondestructive, screenable, and reversible treatment option. Because there are no long-term side effects that have been reported; spinal cord stimulation is generally preferable as a first step when other less invasive treatments have failed to produce acceptable control of the pain.
authors.affiliation: Northern Rockies Pain and Palliative Rehabilitation Center, Yellowstone Neurosurgical Associates, PC, 2900 North 12th, Suite 501 Billings, MT 59101, USA. joshin@aol.com
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Oakley
mesh_terms: D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D013116:Spinal Cord; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome