The MuscleSCS Technique (4-8Hz BurstDRTM Octrode™): A Randomized Clinical Study of MuscleSCS Stimulation in the Treatment of Chronic Back Pain.

Background: MuscleSCS is a new technique that combines spinal cord stimulation (SCS) with muscle stimulation to relieve pain.

Objectives: In this clinical study, we wanted to use rod electrodes to investigate the MuscleSCS method's effectiveness in the treatment of chronic lower back pain. One of our hypotheses was that the combined use of MuscleSCS and BurstDRTM would further improve the treatment.

Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation Relieves Chronic Neuropathic Pain Along With a Decrease in Cortical γ Power.

Background: Stimulation of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) is an ideal neuromodulative intervention, providing pain relief in localized chronic pain conditions because γ-band oscillations reflect the intensity of ongoing chronic pain in patients affected.

Objective: We aimed to observe the role of cortical γ-band power associated with the relief of chronic neuropathic pain through DRG stimulation (DRGS).

Materials And Methods: We examined nine patients (two women, mean age 56.

Is it possible to generate an additional pleasant and pain-relieving muscle stimulation when using a low-frequency spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for the treatment of lower back pain? Pilot study: A new technique: "MuscleSCS".

Objective: The combined use of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) and muscle stimulation, in the treatment of chronic pain, using the same probe, could improve the clinical results. However, this technique has not been established as yet. It was our hypothesis that it is possible to generate muscle stimulation by using low frequencies with SCS electrodes and use it to additionally treat chronic back pain.

[Surgical procedures for treatment of spasticity].

Background: The causes of spasticity are various and include cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis or other congenital or acquired lesions of the central nervous system (CNS). While there is often a partial functional component, spasticity also results in varying degrees of impairment of the quality of life.

Objective: A review of surgical treatment options for spasticity.

Early biomarkers predicting outcome in a porcine model of acetaminophen intoxication: A pilot study.

Background: Acetaminophen intoxication has become the leading cause of acute liver failure (ALF) in Europe and the USA.

Objectives: To identify early biomarkers in order to predict the development of ALF in a porcine model of acetaminophen intoxication.

Material And Methods: Six German Landrace pigs received a single acetaminophen bolus of 1 g/kg body weight via a jejunal catheter.