Spinal Anesthesia and Minimal Invasive Laminotomy for Paddle Electrode Placement in Spinal Cord Stimulation: Technical Report and Clinical Results at Long-Term Followup

Table 1

Summary of our case series. VAS (Visual Analogue Scale), FBSS (Failed Back Surgery Syndrome).

Patient No.	Gender	Age	Diagnosis	Symptoms	Level of implantation	Paddle electrodes	FollowUp Months	VAS Preopesation Postoperation	VAS % improvement	Rate of satisfaction	Adverse events
1	F	71	FBSS	Bilateral inferior limbs	T10-T11	8 poles	91	8-1	(87,5%)	Good
2	F	64	FBSS	Bilateral inferior limbs	T11-T12	8 poles	76	9-2	(77%)	Good
3	M	51	FBSS	Inferior left limb	T10-T11	8 poles	63	8-1	(87,5%)	Good
4	M	39	FBSS	Bilateral inferior limbs	T9-T10	8 poles	61	7-3	(58%)	Rather good
5	M	73	FBSS	Bilateral inferior limbs	T8-T9	8 poles	59	8-2	(75%)	Rather good
6	F	70	FBSS	Bilateral inferior limbs (No symmetric)	T10-T11	8 poles	32	9-4	(56%)	Rather good
7	F	37	FBSS	Bilateral inferior limbs	T10-T11	8 poles	29	8-1	(87,5%)	Good	Epidural hematoma
8	F	38	FBSS	Inferior left limb	T10-T11	16 poles	29	8-3	(62,5%)	Rather good
9	F	76	FBSS	Bilateral inferior limbs (No symmetric)	T10-T11	8 poles	26	7-1	(85%)	Good
10	M	40	FBSS	Inferior left limb	T9-T10	8 poles	25	9-7	(22%)	Little
11	M	65	Multiple sclerosis	Low back pain + Bilateral inferior limbs (no symmetric)	T10-T11	8 poles	23	10-5	(50%)	Little
12	F	56	FBSS	Inferior right limb	T10-T11	8 poles	20	8-3	(62,5%)	Rather good
13	F	65	FBSS	Inferior left limb	T10-T11	8 poles	20	9-1	(88%)	Good
14	F	58	Luetic arachnoiditis	Bilateral inferior limbs (no symmetric)	T10-T11	8 poles	16	9-1	(88%)	Good
15	M	47	FBSS	Inferior right limb	T11-T12	8 poles	11	8-1	(87,5%)	Good
16	M	67	FBSS	Inferior right limb	T10-T11	8 poles	6	9-4	(55%)	Rather good