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- Title
Major issues with JAMA neurology's Dhruva et al. study comparing spinal cord stimulation to conventional medical therapies.
- Authors
Abd‐Elsayed, Alaa; Gilligan, Christopher
- Abstract
The article critiques a study by Dhruva et al. in JAMA Neurology comparing spinal cord stimulation (SCS) to conventional medical therapy, emphasizing issues with study design, patient cohort selection, and conflicts of interest. Topics include inappropriate patient inclusion criteria, the assumption about SCS recipients receiving spinal injections, the inadequacy of using medication management as a comparative therapy, and the undisclosed conflicts of interest among the authors.
- Subjects
CHRONIC pain treatment; TREATMENT of backaches; SPINAL cord; MEDICAL care costs; TREATMENT effectiveness; OPIOID analgesics; NEURAL stimulation
- Publication
Pain Practice, 2023, Vol 23, Issue 8, p982
- ISSN
1530-7085
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/papr.13270