Mehta Vivek, Munglani Rajesh, Eyre Giles, Bajaj Gaurav, Abd-Elsayed Alaa, Poply Kavita
Barts Health NHS Trust, Pain Research Centre, London, UK.
St Thomas Hospital, London, UK.
Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2025 Feb 1;29(1):44. doi: 10.1007/s11916-024-01349-w.
To discuss the importance of the consenting process for patients undergoing spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapy and understanding related complications and effects.
Litigation for SCS/DRG related complications can be very costly, with the mean average settlement in cases relating to SCS being $303,173 dollars in the USA. According to the US Anaesthesia Closed Claims Project database, 10,546 claims related to pain medicine were made between 1990 and 2013; 43 of which were associated with SCS complications. This article will further explore consenting and complications within the context of SCS. Consenting for SCS is a crucial and very important step which potentially reflect on patients' expectations and outcomes.
探讨脊髓刺激（SCS）治疗患者的知情同意过程的重要性，以及了解相关并发症和影响。
与SCS/背根神经节（DRG）相关并发症的诉讼可能成本高昂，在美国，与SCS相关案件的平均和解金额为303,173美元。根据美国麻醉闭合索赔项目数据库，1990年至2013年间提出了10,546项与疼痛医学相关的索赔；其中43项与SCS并发症有关。本文将在SCS的背景下进一步探讨知情同意和并发症。SCS的知情同意是一个关键且非常重要的步骤，可能会影响患者的期望和治疗结果。
