title: Treatment of contact dermatitis associated with spinal cord stimulator pulse generator--technical note.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sheets have been successfully used as a biologic barrier in the treatment of pacemaker contact dermatitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this report, we describe two patients with contact dermatitis related to the implantable pulse generator of a spinal cord stimulator who were treated with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene as a barrier.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Resolution of the dermatitis was achieved in both cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This technique is an effective way of treating contact dermatitis related to implantable pulse generators, without the need for explantation of the neuromodulation system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Nisha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gadgil
authors.forename: Allen W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Burton
authors.forename: Ashwin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Viswanathan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001415:Back; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005076:Exanthema / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D058542:Implantable Neurostimulators / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D062187:Spinal Cord Stimulation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene