Boleslav Kosharskyy1, Dima Rozen. 1. School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management Division, Mount Sinai Hospital, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, New York 10029-6574, USA. boleslav.kosharskyy@msnyuhealth.org
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To report about the safe use of a spinal cord stimulator (SCS) and a permanent cardiac pacemaker (PPM). DESIGN: Open-label case report. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 75-year-old male with a history of diabetic polyneuropathy and a permanent pacemaker was followed for 6 months after implantation of a SCS. CONCLUSION: The simultaneous use of bipolar SCS in a patient with a PPM is not contraindicated. However, because false inhibition of a cardiac pacemaker may potentially lead to serious events, individual testing is mandatory to ascertain safety in each patient.
OBJECTIVE: To report about the safe use of a spinal cord stimulator (SCS) and a permanent cardiac pacemaker (PPM). DESIGN: Open-label case report. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 75-year-old male with a history of diabetic polyneuropathy and a permanent pacemaker was followed for 6 months after implantation of a SCS. CONCLUSION: The simultaneous use of bipolar SCS in a patient with a PPM is not contraindicated. However, because false inhibition of a cardiac pacemaker may potentially lead to serious events, individual testing is mandatory to ascertain safety in each patient.