Survey of the Practice of Spinal Cord Stimulators and Intrathecal Analgesic Delivery Implants for Management of Pain in Canada

Philip WH Peng; Ingrid Fedoroff; Line Jacques; Krishna Kumar

doi:10.1155/2007/312582

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2007)

Survey of the Practice of Spinal Cord Stimulators and Intrathecal Analgesic Delivery Implants for Management of Pain in Canada

Philip WH Peng,
Ingrid Fedoroff,
Line Jacques,
Krishna Kumar

Affiliations

Philip WH Peng: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Toronto Western Division, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ingrid Fedoroff: Chronic Pain Centre, St Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Line Jacques: Montreal Neurological Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Krishna Kumar: Department of Neurosurgery, Regina General Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/312582
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 4
pp. 281 – 285

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: In 2006, the Canadian Neuromodulation Society was formed. The present survey characterizes the practice of spinal cord stimulator (SCS) and intrathecal analgesic delivery pump (IADP) implantation for pain management in different centres across Canada.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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