Research Article

Neuropathic Pain Medication and Antidepressant Use after Disability Pension in Patients with Spinal Cord Stimulation for Persistent Spinal Pain Syndrome

Table 2

Disability pension diagnosis of 26 persistent spinal pain syndrome patients with spinal cord stimulation during a follow-up of 3 years based on data from the Social Insurance Institution of Finland.

Primary diagnosis (collateral diagnosis)SCS in use at the end of follow-up n = 26

F00–F99 mental and behavioural disorders
F30–39 mood (affective) disorders3 (1)
F40–48 neurotic, stress-related, and somatoform disorders(1)
F60–69 disorders of adult personality and behaviour(1)

G00–99 diseases of the nervous system
G50-G59 nerve, nerve root, and plexus disorders(1)

M00–99 diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
M00–25 arthropathies1
M40–54 dorsopathies19 (5)
M60–79 soft tissue disorders1
M95–99 other disorders of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue2

SCS = spinal cord stimulation.