A land mark case done by Dept of Anesthesiology, Tamilnadu Govt Multi Super Speciality Hospital,Chennai on 10-08-2018.
A right arm partial amputee patient suffering from ‘Phantom Limb’ pain for past 12 years duration underwent ‘Spinalcord Stimulator’ ( MEDTRONICS® ) placement procedure under fluroscopic guidance.
Percutaneous 8 leads wire stimulator was placed at cervical epidural space between C3 to C7 spine entering via T2/T3 interlaminar space.
The procedure underwent unevenfully.
Post procedure trial stimulation has produced 75% pain relief to the patient.Patient to be observed for next 3 days and with good pain relief acheived we are planning to convert it to a permanent stimulator.
A milestone achievement by Department of Anaesthesiology,Tamilnadu Govt Multi Super Speciality Hospital towards establishing ‘Pain and Palliative Care Services’.