1/3 people in Taiwan receive precise treatment for chronic pain using “high-end neuromodulation therapy”
The number of people with chronic pain in the country is as high as 1/3. Mr. Chen, 50, is paralyzed in his lower limbs due to spinal injury. He takes more than 10 painkillers a day and is still in pain after 20 years of taking them! After Chen Decheng, director of the Neurospine Surgery Department of the Hospital Affiliated to the China Medical College, performed “spinal morphine pump surgery”, the pain and the dosage of analgesics were significantly reduced, allowing Mr. Chen to finally work smoothly. Chen Decheng said that “high-end neuromodulation” including “spinal nerve stimulator” and “spinal pump drug-advanced treatment” can lead chronic and stubborn patients out of pain.
8 treatments for chronic pain
Chen Decheng said that as many as one-third of the country’s population suffers from chronic pain, and 2% (about 500,000 people) are unable to work normally due to chronic and intractable pain. Pain is an abnormal sensation caused by the central or peripheral nervous system. It is mostly caused by damage or inflammation to the nervous system. Chronic pain does not disappear over time, and may even last longer than acute pain, and most drug treatments are ineffective. Limited. For chronic and intractable nerve pain, “high-end neuromodulation” can now be used to relieve pain.
Basic drug rehabilitation treatment Acupuncture Micro-invasive local electrical stimulation High-frequency thermocoagulation Nerve block surgery Spinal nerve electrical stimulation High-end neuromodulation therapy
spinal nerve stimulator
“Spinal nerve stimulator” consists of 4 devices: percutaneous puncture electrodes, surgical electrodes, nerve stimulator, and patient programmable controller. It uses batteries to generate trace currents and releases them to the spinal center and peripheral nerves to change the pain threshold. Minimally invasive treatment will not damage nerves and can relieve more than 50% of pain. It is suitable for patients with chronic intractable low back and leg pain, persistent pain syndrome after spinal surgery, and peripheral ischemic pain.
Ms. Wei, who is in her 70s, suffered from persistent pain after undergoing spinal surgery a few years ago. Several subsequent spinal revision surgeries failed to improve her. After receiving a spinal nerve stimulator implant this year, her pain was greatly improved and she was finally able to travel and even plan travel. .
Spinal Pump Medication Advancement Treatment
If the patient is evaluated by the doctor as being more suitable for drug treatment with a pump, the patient will first be punctured in the patient’s lumbar spine for drug injection, which will directly act on the central nervous system. Then, a pump will be implanted and infused regularly according to the patient’s drug dosage. It can significantly reduce the dosage and side effects of oral drugs, control pain more effectively, and can be adjusted in multiple stages according to the patient’s pain duration.
Another Ms. Huang, who is in her 40s, is a patient with congenital cerebral palsy. She has limb tremors and spasms, which can be controlled by oral medications and botulinum toxin injections at the initial stage. The cervical spine also suffers from bone spurs and nerve compression due to abnormal tremors, and the results of multiple surgeries are getting worse. After evaluation, he underwent “spinal relaxant drug pump surgery”, which significantly improved his shaking and slowed down the degeneration of his spine.
“High-end neuromodulation treatment” provides minimally invasive, non-nerve-destroying and reversible treatment for chronic and intractable nerve pain. The new generation of neuromodulation devices is smaller in size and uses wireless external charging, and can be used for more than 10 years. The doctor reminded that at present, some of the medical materials for this type of treatment need to be paid for at one’s own expense. It is recommended that you have to find a neurosurgery or pain department or physician with experience in the treatment for testing and implantation.
2023-10-11 07:31:28
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