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Treatment of contact dermatitis associated with spinal cord stimulator pulse generator--technical note
Nisha Gadgil1, Allen W Burton, Ashwin Viswanathan
1Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Background:
Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sheets have been successfully used as a biologic barrier in the treatment of pacemaker contact dermatitis.
Technique:
In this report, we describe two patients with contact dermatitis related to the implantable pulse generator of a spinal cord stimulator who were treated with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene as a barrier.
Results:
Resolution of the dermatitis was achieved in both cases.
Conclusions:
This technique is an effective way of treating contact dermatitis related to implantable pulse generators, without the need for explantation of the neuromodulation system.
