title: On the late failure of spinal cord stimulation for deafferentation pain.
abstract: Two cases are described in which spinal cord stimulation was effective in abolishing previously intractable deafferentation pain for a number of years, but in which late failure occurred for non-technical reasons. A possible explanation for this is advanced; namely that the dorsal column fibres have altered electrical properties due to a form of transganglionic degeneration.
authors.affiliation: Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton, SO9 4XY (UK).
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Illis
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Sedgwick