Usually, pain is a protective mechanism your body adopts to indicate you are hurt and possibly have an underlying condition. However, despite several treatment options, you may experience severe pain that adamantly refuses to go away. Thankfully, neuromodulation surgery Marina Del Rey continues to effectively relieve pain when standard treatments fail to offer desired relief. Typically, neuromodulation surgery involves implanting a stimulating device into your body to send electrical impulses into your nerves and offer relief. The following discussion will detail the different types of neuromodulation surgery techniques.
Spinal Cord Stimulation
Your doctor may recommend implanting a spinal cord stimulator to help you manage chronic severe pain, especially when other pain-controlling medications have proven unsuccessful. Chronic pain requiring treatment with a spinal cord stimulator may result from back pain, nerve damage, and neuropathic pain. You will require two procedures to implant a spinal cord stimulator successfully. The first procedure will be a trial stage, leading to the second if the first is successful. Your doctor will attach an electrical lead to your epidural space and connect it to a generator that generates an electrical current. After this neuromodulation surgery, you may rely less on pain medications as you live a less pain-free life.
Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation
Also known as DRG stimulation therapy, this neuromodulation surgery helps manage chronic pain in your lower body, including the hip, foot, knee, and groin. DRG works by stimulating your dorsal root ganglia, which regulate signals that travel along your spinal column. The dorsal root ganglion stimulator has led wires that transmit electrical pulses to your dorsal root ganglia, a generator that sends the electrical pulses, and a remote. You will be able to handle the remote while adjusting the strength of your stimulation. DRG may be effective if you find no relief from traditional neurostimulation surgery and pain medications, including nerve blocks.
Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
Commonly referred to as PNS, this neuromodulation surgery applies to treating chronic pain. During surgery, your doctor will place a small electrical device with an electrode next to your peripheral nerves. The electrode will deliver rapid electrical currents to your painful area, and you may feel mild tingling during transmission. You will require a trial period where your doctor will connect the electrode to an external device. Later after your trial is successful, your doctor will permanently implant the generator into your body, where you can control stimulations.
Restorative Neurostimulation
Spine stability depends on multifidus muscles, but a dysfunction that causes back pain may inhibit the muscles from the facet joints and intervertebral discs. Your doctor may recommend restorative neurostimulation to treat low back pain from this dysfunction. During treatment, your doctor implants a restorative neurostimulation device with electrodes to stimulate the nerves controlling these muscles. You may need to self-administer this treatment for up to an hour daily.
Neuromodulation surgery involves a minimally invasive surgery that implants a device inside your affected nerves and muscles to offer relief. The device’s generator sends electrical pulses through an electrode into your body to block pain signals from reaching your nerves. As a result, you will experience pain relief. Neuromodulation techniques include peripheral nerve stimulation, spinal cord stimulation, restorative muscle stimulation, and dorsal root ganglion stimulation. Your doctor will only recommend treatment with neuromodulation surgery if conservative treatments fail to provide relief from pain in the lower body.
