Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation to Treat Focal Postsurgical and Diffuse Chronic Pain: A Case Report. Issue 5 (19th May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Akuamoah, Latrice A.; Tupper, Connor; Nagrani, Sohan; Chapman, Kenneth B.
• Is Part Of: A & A practice. Volume 16:Issue 5(2022)
• Page Start: e01589
• Publication Date: 2022-05-19
• Subjects: Analgesia -- Periodicals; Analgesia -- Case studies -- Periodicals; Anesthesiology -- Periodicals; Anesthesiology -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 617.9605
• DOI: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000001589
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2575-3126

Abstract

Abstract : Dorsal root ganglion stimulation (DRG-S) is widely accepted for treating focal pain syndromes. We present the case of a 46-year-old woman with severe lumbar radiculopathy with an implanted spinal cord stimulator (SCS) that had lost efficacy. She developed an incisional hernia after undergoing a minimally invasive, extreme lateral interbody fusion and SCS explant. After herniorrhaphy, she presented with severe pain at the T10-T11 dermatomes, which we treated with DRG-S. One-year after lumbar fusion, her refractory lumbar and radicular pain returned, which we ultimately treated with bilateral T12+S1 DRG-S. DRG-S was thus used to successfully treat focal postsurgical and diffuse chronic pain.