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Pain management with interventional spine therapy in patients with spinal cord injury: a case series
1University of Michigan Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA. tchiodo@umich.edu
Background/Objective:
Chronic pain is common in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). Any new strategy that is effective in treating this problem would be welcomed by this patient population.
Methods:
A case series is presented of SCI with neuropathic pain. In these 3 cases, interventional spine therapy is used as a diagnostic and/or therapeutic tool in the management of pain.
Results:
In the cases presented, interventional spine therapy proved useful in identifying the patient's pain generator. In most cases, the intervention was effective in reducing pain for a long enough period to serve as an effective pain management strategy. Other associated problems, such as spasticity, were similarly reduced.
Conclusion:
Interventional spine therapy should be considered as a tool in the armamentarium of any SCI physician managing their patient's chronic pain.