Im sorry I missed that you had already tried a SCS. Im in the exact situation you are with osteoporosis and that nothing else worked for me. Im sorry I didn't mean to scare you with the Intracept details but I am very confident that The Intracept Procedure is the next step for me. Reason is that while it is a little more aggressive than an RFA, is works better because of how its is done. That is also why Boston Scientific trains and certify these doctors on how to use their equipment . They get hands on experience from the doctors who are training them. They dont get their certification unless they pass the hands on part. Its not a classroom type of training. I actually know one of their trainers. He is at UCSF- Univ of CA San Francisco . If you would like to speak to him I'll get you his contact info.

If I had a spine surgery tomorrow, my neurosurgeon ( who only does difficult , deformed or severe scoliosis patients which I am now) he would have to fuse several vertebraes AND run a rod down my spine. He was the one who suggested that I do the Intracept procedure first because that should give me enough pain relief to avoid having the multi-level fussions and rod. If I still had an area where the Intracept didn't help me THEN he would do a fusion at that One site VS T12- L5.

Don't ever be discouraged or take it personally if a surgeon refuses to do a surgery . They are telling you that your case is out of their league. I would respect them for saying that because they are being honest.