Optimizing the Management and Outcomes of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: A Proposal of a Standardized Multidisciplinary Team Care Pathway

Table 1

The therapeutic focus and importance of a multidisciplinary team and the number of experts consulted in the development of each care pathway.

Manuscript identification	Therapeutic focus	Emphasis on MDT	Number (N) and spectrum of experts consulted
Avellanal et al. [24]	Epiduroscopy as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool in FBSS	Yes	N = 4; Wide
	Psychological and medical management excluded
Chan and Peng [25]	All considered	Yes	N = 2; Narrow
Desai et al. [12]	Medical, rehabilitative, and behavioral treatment	Related to medical, rehabilitative, and behavioral treatment only	N = 5; Wide
Durand et al. [20]	Medical management	Discussed in relation to cognitive or behavioral disorders only	N = 3; Narrow
Ganty and Sharma [26]	Neuromodulation	Yes	N = 2; Narrow
Van Buyten and Linderoth [2]	Neuromodulation	None	N = 5; Wide
	Conservative management was not discussed
	Authors’ comment concerning historical algorithms: “several algorithms for the treatment of FBSS that focus largely on diagnosis and possible orthopaedic and neurosurgical interventions have been published; however, the place of SCS in these algorithms has remained unclear”