Neurológia pre prax 5/2020
Neuromodulation in the treatment of chronic pain
Neuromodulatory approaches are among the selective methods of chronic pain management. In terms of their medical indication, its financial demands and operational approach, it ranks among the most challenging algesiological techniques from the economic and professional point of view. Neuromodulation includes both invasive and non-invasive methods. We describe the basic invasive methods – neurostimulation and intrathecally drug therapy using pump systems, their indications, basic uses and diagnoses in which these methods are most commonly used.
Keywords: neuromodulation, spinal stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation, pump systems, indication criteria
