Neuromodulation - Chronic pain

Whether due to one or more operations, after accidents and amputations or even chronic pain with no identifiable cause, everyday life and quality of life can be negatively affected. A method that has been used in this direction for several decades but has developed rapidly in recent years, neuromodulation, can significantly reduce the patient’s pain. This essentially involves the implantation of a very thin cable in the patient’s spine with the aim of interrupting the transmission of sensory signals from the periphery to the brain using imperceptible electrical impulses and thus relieving the patient’s pain.

In practice, we can approach each case individually and decide whether this method is ideal for you.

Even though this sounds a bit like a script, it is a very common method of treating chronic pain in patients for whom medication and conservative treatment methods do not produce the desired results. Postoperatively, the patient is closely monitored by both me and the technicians of the respective company, so that there is the possibility of micro-adjustments of the neurostimulator that optimize the result.

Patients with peripheral neuropathy, for example on the ground of diabetes mellitus, suffer from persistent pain and numbness or burning in the lower extremities. According to extensive studies, these patients benefit from neuromodulation.

Patients with chronic peripheral occlusive arteriopathies in the early stages benefit from the method of neuromodulation, according to the latest studies.

In practice, we can approach each case individually and decide whether this method is ideal for you.

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