MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New 24-month data from a study published today in the scientific journal, Neurosurgery, show that spinal cord stimulation (neurostimulation therapy) provides sustained, significant improvement in otherwise intractable, chronic leg pain, quality of life and functional capacity out to 24 months of therapy. Supported by Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), this largest randomized, controlled neurostimulation study followed patients with chronic neuropathic leg and back pain who received spinal cord stimulation therapy along with conventional medical management to compare the results to patients who received conventional medical management alone. While the 24-month data are newly published, earlier data points from this clinical trial provided critical evidence used for the U.K.’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) final guidance, which recommends access to spinal cord stimulation therapy for patients in the United Kingdom. The updated NICE guidance concluded that the use of neurostimulation for chronic neuropathic pain is safe and effective, as well as cost-effective.
