Neuromodulation Therapies

  • Intrathecal (subarachnoid)Drastic Drugs Infusion

    by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP)

    GENERAL The continuous subarachnoid injection of drastic drugs is a neuromodulation technique. The term “neuromodulation” refers to therapies which stimulate, inhibit or coordinate the activity of neurons or neuronal networks through the electric or chemical change of signal transmission to the nervous system. WHO ARE CANDIDATES FOR NEUROMODULATORY THERAPIES (1,2,3,11,12) Neuromodulation therapies are indicated for […]

  • Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation

    by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP)

    GENERAL Spinal cord stimulation is a neuromodulation therapy. The term “neuromodulation” refers to therapies which stimulate, inhibit or coordinate the activity of neurons or neuronal networks through the electric or chemical change of  signal transmission to the nervous system. In this way, pain signals are interrupted and modified during their course from the spinal cord […]