Sacral Nerve Root Stimulation (SNS) was compared with Peripheral Subcutaneous Field Stimulation (PSFS). SNS attenuated pain 50 – 60% at low stimulation with good patient satisfaction.
PERIPHERAL SUBCUTANEOUS FIELD STIMULATION VS SACRAL NERVE ROOT STIMULATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF REFRACTORY COCCYGODYNIA. (PRELIMINARY REPORT)
A. Woo, A. Alkaisy, S. Bagchi, T. Goroszeniuk
IASP poster PM 366, Montreal 2010
- severe cases
- refractory to radiofrequency denervation
- “sander quad lead was inserted via a retrograde approach to stimulate the S4 & S5 Sacral Nerve Roots”
- Peripherally implanted leads were prone to migration, needed higher voltager to stimulate and gave 30-40% reduction in VAS
- Sacral Nerve Root Stimulation gave 50-60% relief as low voltages and was met with high patient satisfaction.
Comment – from what I understand, scaral nerve root stimulation is a simple procedure. I believe they are done at the pelvic pain clinic at Foothills hospital in Calgary.
My life has been totally destroyed by workplace injury, and aka; Saskatchewan WCB;
Everything possible has been deliberately done to deny “Timely Medical Diagnosis – Medical Investigation – Timely Medical Treatment”
I have been subjected to Psychopathic Liar aka; claims adjuster @ WCB who deliberately denied my multiple physicians requests for expedited specialist appointments / warning return to work was unsafe; I was lied to and told “No Workplace Restrictions” even though multiple physicians identified to WCB I could ONLY be returned to work if my workplace injury were accommodated:
Due to being “Starved back to work undiagnosed on Narcotics due to severe pain” I suffered severe MULTIPLE INJURIES, which of course same WCB Psychopath claims adjuster denied request for specialist appointment all over again.
Ask yourself this: WHY? is the Sask Party Government allowing NON-MEDICAL claims adjusters at WCB to direct injured workers medical care.? Previously, Saskatchewan Committee of review, 2001, 2006, stated, Injured workers are NOT given “Full Disclosure” of claim files; In 2011 The Committee of review made a “BIG DEAL” out of the denial of “Full Disclosure” of claim files. In September 2011, I requested full disclosure of my Injury Claim file; aka; “Summary Documents” prepared by Board Services, which Board Tribunal Members read, then adjudicate the injured workers appeal; – (The summary document is supposed to be a chronological history of the injured workers claim ) WCB Corporate denied me copies of summary document as they stated; “All this information is already in your claim file which you have received: ‘ Luckily, I found a PRO BONO Attorney’; who requested these documents; After lengthy denials, Some of the summary documents were sent. “What I found in “SUMMARY DOCUMENTS” – Falsified – Fabricated – Fictitious LIES; I was stunned to see WCB reporting I saw a specialist and received treatment for workplace injury. “I never saw this doctor and I never received treatment from this doctor” also: WCB rewrote specialist report incorrectly, leaving the syllable “S” from the doctors report: He stated; My fractures likely the cause of my severe pain; WCB rewrote it: my fracture might be the cause of pain; My fractures went from “MULTIPLE FRACTURES to ONE FRACTURE with the report; Also, WCB changed the diagnosis of injury, reached from diagnostic test to deliberately mis-represent, convolute, misconstrue, the injury. The diagnostic test clearly proved repetitive strain injury; After WCB rewording, they made it look like age related problem; WCB Medical Consultant wrote to neurosurgeon, and deliberately lied, to get him to change his report; Then when that wasn’t good enough, they rewrote his report, so they could deliberately “TORTURE” me: Finally, WCB deliberately lied, stating my injury was previously, diagnosed; My injury claim file, clearly identifies my injury was UNDIAGNOSED, and was denied medical investigation, treatment. WCB has $1.9 BILLION reasons to deny injured workers medical care for workplace injuries;