Introduction
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a treatment that involves modulation of neural pathways responsible for chronic pain perception, altering pain signals traversing the central nervous system.1 This technology, first utilized in the…

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a treatment that involves modulation of neural pathways responsible for chronic pain perception, altering pain signals traversing the central nervous system.1 This technology, first utilized in the…


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