ON PAIN: Roadblocks to SCS

Not everyone is a candidate for spinal cord stimulation, and even for those who are, sometimes barriers remain, keeping patients from accessing treatment. In this episode, Timothy Deer, MD, speaks about roadblocks to treatment. Deer is the CEO and president of the Spine and Nerve Centers of the Virginias, in Charleston, W.Va., and a clinical professor of anesthesiology and pain medicine at West Virginia University, in Morgantown. Deer is also a member of the Pain Medicine