Peripheral nerve stimulator.
Targeted stimulation, isolated nerve.
Implantable stimulation of a specific peripheral nerve — knee, shoulder, occipital, post-amputation — for isolated chronic neuropathic pain that has not responded to other care.
When the pain is in one nerve, treat that one nerve.
Peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) places a small electrode adjacent to a specific peripheral nerve and modulates its activity with low-level electrical pulses. Unlike spinal cord stimulation, which addresses pain entering the spine across multiple dermatomes, PNS is a focal treatment for focal nerve pain. The newest generation of devices is small, sometimes leadless, and can be implanted under local anesthetic.
Ultrasound-guided placement adjacent to the target nerve.
Under ultrasound guidance, the electrode is advanced to lie alongside the target nerve. Position is confirmed by triggering small test pulses and asking what you feel. The procedure takes thirty to sixty minutes and is performed under local anesthetic with light sedation. Depending on the device, the lead may be temporary (sixty days, then removed) or permanent (implanted long term).
For isolated peripheral nerve pain in a single distribution.
PNS is appropriate for chronic occipital neuralgia, post-amputation phantom and stump pain, isolated peripheral neuropathy in a single nerve distribution, post-surgical neuropathic pain (genicular, shoulder, intercostal), and refractory CRPS confined to a single limb segment. It is not the right choice for diffuse, multi-site, or central pain syndromes.
Outpatient procedure. Effect builds over weeks.
You go home the same day. Mild soreness at the implant site resolves within a few days. Programming sessions over the following weeks dial in the stimulation parameters that produce the best relief. The effect on chronic neuropathic pain typically builds over four to eight weeks. Sixty-day temporary systems are removed at the end of the trial; permanent systems remain in place and are reprogrammable as needed.
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A focal treatment for a focal pain. Schedule a consultation at any Triumph location.