NICE Approves Spinal Cord Stimulation For Chronic Neuropathic Pain, UK

People living a life of constant pain will now have access to Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) following new guidance issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) on Wednesday 22nd October 2008.1 The new guidance from NICE recommends that Spinal Cord Stimulation should be made available to all patients who continue to experience chronic neuropathic pain for at least 6 months despite trying conventional approaches to pain management.

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Filed under: Pain / Anesthetics on October 27th, 2008