Treatment of Chronic Abdominal Pain With 10-kHz Spinal Cord Stimulation: Safety and Efficacy Results From a 12-Month Prospective, Multicenter, Feasibility Study

Chronic abdominal pain (CAP) can arise from multiple conditions, including inflammatory disorders, trauma because of injury or surgery, or structural or functional causes. This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of 10-kHz spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in patients with intractable CAP over a 12-month follow-up period. After 12 months of treatment with 10-kHz SCS, 78.3% of subjects were responders (pain relief of ‡50%) and 14 of 22 subjects (63.6%) were remitters (sustained £3.0-cm visual analog scale scores).

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  After 12 months of treatment with 10-kHz SCS, 78.3% of subjects were responders (pain relief of ‡50%).
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  14 of 22 subjects (63.6%) were remitters (sustained £3.0-cm visual analog scale scores).
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  Secondary outcomes, including assessments of disability, mental and physical well-being, sleep quality, perception of improvement, and satisfaction, showed that 10-kHz SCS greatly improved the quality of life of patients with CAP.