Title: Sustained Treatment Effect of Spinal Cord Stimulation in Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: 24-Month Follow-up of a Prospective Two-Center Randomized Controlled Trial.
Authors: van Beek, Maarten; Slangen, Rachel; Schaper, Nicolaas C.; Faber, Catharina G.; Joosten, Elbert A.; Dirksen, Carmen D.; van Dongen, Robert T.; Kessels, Alfons G. H.; van Kleef, Maarten
Abstract: The article focuses on a study related to effect of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) treatment in painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy. It states findings of two randomized clinical trials (RCT) inferring benefits of the treatment modality for painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (PDPN) and mentions that the study involved 22 patients with PDPN in the lower limbs. It cites analysis of 24-month follow-up period and notes that the results of the RCT indicates sustained effect of SCS on pain.
Subjects: TREATMENT of peripheral neuropathy; TREATMENT of diabetes; NEURAL stimulation; SPINAL cord; PEOPLE with diabetes; CLINICAL trials
Publication: Diabetes Care, 2015, Vol 38, Issue 9, pe132
ISSN: 0149-5992
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.2337/dc15-0740

Sustained Treatment Effect of Spinal Cord Stimulation in Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: 24-Month Follow-up of a Prospective Two-Center Randomized Controlled Trial.

van Beek, Maarten; Slangen, Rachel; Schaper, Nicolaas C.; Faber, Catharina G.; Joosten, Elbert A.; Dirksen, Carmen D.; van Dongen, Robert T.; Kessels, Alfons G. H.; van Kleef, Maarten