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A spinal cord stimulator (SCS) or dorsal column stimulator (DCS) is a type of implantable neuromodulation device (sometimes called a "pain pacemaker") that is used to send electrical signals to select areas of the spinal cord (dorsal columns) for the treatment of certain pain conditions.
Hair-grooming syncope typically manifests as presyncopal symptoms during hair combing, brushing, braiding, trimming, curling or blow drying. [1] [2] These symptoms are followed by loss of consciousness and sometimes convulsions. [2] Migraines, abdominal pain, "feeling funny" or blurred vision may also occur before or after episodes.
Alternative surgical options include the use of interspinous process spacers, minimally invasive lumbar decompression (MILD) procedure, laminectomy, microdiscectomy and placement of a spinal cord stimulator. The MILD procedure aims to relieve spinal cord compression by percutaneous removal of portions of the ligamentum flavum and lamina. [10]
Compression of the upper spinal cord, multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, Behçet's disease, osteogenesis imperfecta In neurology , Lhermitte phenomenon , also called the barber chair phenomenon , is an uncomfortable "electrical" sensation that runs down the back and into the limbs.
The first episode of autonomic dysreflexia may occur weeks to years after the spinal cord injury takes place. [5] It may take place anytime after reflexes have returned following spinal shock. [ 5 ] Most people at risk develop their first episode within the first year after the injury.
Often, patients can only recognize their prodrome symptoms when they get to the pain phase and look back, Singh says. During a prodrome period, the Mayo Clinic and American Migraine Foundation say ...
Spinal cord stimulation has shown promising results in spinal cord injury [14] [15] and other movement disorders, such as multiple sclerosis. [16] The stimulation, applied over the lumbar spinal cord, works by activating large diameter afferent fibers entering the spinal cord, [ 17 ] [ 18 ] which then transsynaptically activate and engage ...
The theory behind the new spinal cord stimulator is that in certain cases of spinal cord injury the spinal nerves between the brain and the legs are still alive, but just dormant. [48] On 1 November 2018 a third distinct research team from the University of Lausanne published similar results with a similar stimulation technique in the journal ...