Feasibility of spinal cord stimulation in a patient with a cardiac pacemaker.
OBJECTIVE
To report about the safe use of a spinal cord stimulator (SCS) and a permanent cardiac pacemaker (PPM).


METHODS
Open-label case report.


METHODS
A 75-year-old male with a history of diabetic polyneuropathy and a permanent pacemaker was followed for 6 months after implantation of a SCS.


CONCLUSIONS
The simultaneous use of bipolar SCS in a patient with a PPM is not contraindicated. However, because false inhibition of a cardiac pacemaker may potentially lead to serious events, individual testing is mandatory to ascertain safety in each patient.
Kosharskyy
Boleslav
B
School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management Division, Mount Sinai Hospital, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, New York 10029-6574, USA. boleslav.kosharskyy@msnyuhealth.org
Rozen
Dima
D
D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013116:Spinal Cord