PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hector Xavier Martinez Villegas
AU  - Alejandro Hallo
AU  - Soraya Cruz-Loor
AU  - Karen Jacome-Calderon
TI  - Spinal cord stimulator for neuropathic pain in a patient with severe disability due to transverse myelitis
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2021-242522
DP  - 2021 May 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e242522
VI  - 14
IP  - 5
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/5/e242522.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/5/e242522.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2021 May 01; 14
AB  - Transverse myelitis is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that disrupts nerve signals’ conduction. The illness is characterised by weakness in the lower limbs accompanied by paresthesia and urinary and bowel incontinence. The most disabling sequel is the onset of chronic neuropathic pain, which can severely limit the patient’s independence and negatively affect her quality of life. We present the case of a patient who received a spinal neurostimulator after a failure of conventional medical treatment. Masking pain through paresthesia, a mechanism provided by the device significantly reduces pain perception. The treatment success in our patient represents an advance in pain therapy.