Autologous fat grafting for management of pain at spinal cord implantable pulse generator sites

Implantable pulse generator site pain is prevalent in 4 to 12 percent of patients with the spinal cord stimulators. We have used a case series of 4 patients aged 46 to 79, to demonstrate pain relief at the implant site via the use of autologous fat grafting. All patients experienced an improvement o...

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Main Authors: S.M. Anandan, Q. Young Sing, A.A. Pai, A. Misra
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-03-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352587824000974
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description Implantable pulse generator site pain is prevalent in 4 to 12 percent of patients with the spinal cord stimulators. We have used a case series of 4 patients aged 46 to 79, to demonstrate pain relief at the implant site via the use of autologous fat grafting. All patients experienced an improvement of 33.3 % to 75 % in pain scores within a few weeks of the procedure. Up to a 21 month follow up date, there was still pain relief with no complications. Subsequently, we propose that autologous fat grafting may be effective and safe in pain management at the implant pulse generator sites. Further studies with larger case series and long term follow up is needed for validation.
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spelling doaj-art-5794173d6ba74c0cba70df7dda7e2dbd2025-08-20T02:46:59ZengElsevierJPRAS Open2352-58782025-03-014351451710.1016/j.jpra.2024.06.019Autologous fat grafting for management of pain at spinal cord implantable pulse generator sitesS.M. Anandan0Q. Young Sing1A.A. Pai2A. Misra3Corresponding author.; Work done at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, UKWork done at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, UKWork done at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, UKWork done at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, UKImplantable pulse generator site pain is prevalent in 4 to 12 percent of patients with the spinal cord stimulators. We have used a case series of 4 patients aged 46 to 79, to demonstrate pain relief at the implant site via the use of autologous fat grafting. All patients experienced an improvement of 33.3 % to 75 % in pain scores within a few weeks of the procedure. Up to a 21 month follow up date, there was still pain relief with no complications. Subsequently, we propose that autologous fat grafting may be effective and safe in pain management at the implant pulse generator sites. Further studies with larger case series and long term follow up is needed for validation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352587824000974Implantable pulse generatorFat graftingPain
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Implantable pulse generator
Fat grafting
Pain
title Autologous fat grafting for management of pain at spinal cord implantable pulse generator sites
title_full Autologous fat grafting for management of pain at spinal cord implantable pulse generator sites
title_fullStr Autologous fat grafting for management of pain at spinal cord implantable pulse generator sites
title_full_unstemmed Autologous fat grafting for management of pain at spinal cord implantable pulse generator sites
title_short Autologous fat grafting for management of pain at spinal cord implantable pulse generator sites
title_sort autologous fat grafting for management of pain at spinal cord implantable pulse generator sites
topic Implantable pulse generator
Fat grafting
Pain
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352587824000974
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