A retrospective study comparing high-frequency (10-kHz) spinal cord stimulation with conventional medical management for treating low back and lower extremity pain concluded that reductions in opioid dose were dramatically greater in the active study group.
In total, 32 patients underwent 10-kHz spinal cord stimulation (SCS) implantation and 64 patients received conventional medical management.
“Patients treated with 10-kHz SCS [Senza, Nevro] experienced significant reductions in pain