We considered this for my wife's chronic pain with the pudendal nerve. However, before any procedure like this I wanted to know about all the positives and negatives that I could get which unfortunately the manufacturers of these stimulators would not provide. Questions like what are the more serious side effects and frequency of these side affects? What affect does the the probes have on surrounding nerves that still have to perform their specific functions (all are being stimulated?) Has this device been tested on the particular nerve that you are dealing with?

The doctor that we spoke with at Mayo didn't have many positives to say about this procedure. My researched also uncovered some possible (don't know the percentages) serious side effects and as it turned out a neighbor around the corner from us developed as a result of having this procedure performed on him. So given that there were too many unknowns my wife opted out of having this procedure. However, do not take this as your only input to make a decision. Do your own research and most importantly try to get as many inputs from patients as you can as I find that source to be most valuable.

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