More About Spinal Cord Stimulators

To learn more about how spinal cord stimulators are placed, click here – (when on the spine education page, then scroll down to "spinal cord stimulator", and click "procedure overview". Prior to the placement of a spinal cord stimulator, the patient will go through a trial period - where the spinal cord stimulator is temporarily placed. After the trial period, if the patient feels the treatment is effective to minimize their back pain, then the implant is placed underneath the skin.

Two manufactures of spinal cord implants are Medtronic and Advanced Bionics. To learn more about the spinal cord stimulators, here are links to their sites – Medtronic and Advanced Bionics.

Spinal cord stimulation, is one of the treatments that minimally invasive spine specialists perform at Indiana Spine Group to treat failed back syndrome. Minimally invasive spine specialists with Indiana Spine Group include Jonathan Gentile, MD, Kevin Macadaeg, MD, and John Arbuckle, MD.

For more information, call our office at (317) 228-7000