A Kentucky woman is suing Medtronic and the FDA alleging that the devicemaker’s spinal cord stimulator made her pain worse and that the agency didn’t diligently review updates to the implant. Angela ...

The patient was placed in prone position, and by using fluoroscopy, the epidural space was entered with a Tuohy needle at the lumbar ... a 2-week trial stimulation, the spinal cord stimulator ...

Treatment with a spinal cord stimulation system reduced pain and restored sensory nerve function in a small cohort of ...

A life-changing therapy being used at a small rehabilitation clinic in suburban Chicago is giving new hope to people with spinal cord injuries.

WILLOW SPRINGS, Ill. (WGN) — There has been an extraordinary step forward in the treatment of spinal cord injuries. For the patients who come through the door of the Next Steps clinic in ...

I now have a spinal cord stimulator, and it’s amazing. It seems too good to be true, but I'll take it and enjoy every single ...

Spinal cord stimulators used by some pain specialists to treat chronic back pain are being slapped with conditions or ...

Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny cells inside the body's smallest blood vessels may be a powerful spinal cord repair ...

Courtine, and his colleague, the neurosurgeon Jocelyne Bloch, now felt confident that they could deploy the technologies to help patients with spinal cord injuries get back on their feet again.

Study: Hypothalamic deep brain stimulation augments walking after ... pathways between the brain and neurons in the lumbar spinal cord that must be activated to enable walking.

For people with spinal cord injuries/diseases (SCI/D), performing daily tasks can be a challenge due to an impaired ability to grasp and manipulate objects with their hands.

Interventional pain management uses special tools and techniques to diagnose and treat pain, especially when regular methods like medicine or physical therapy fail to provide adequate relief.