Dear Patrick: I have lived with chronic leg and foot pain for more than 10 years. It began after a failed back surgery. I finally reached the point where I was ready to try a Spinal Cord Stimulator. I did a great deal of research about the options available re SCS manufacturers and devices. Based on that research, I chose to trial Nevro's HF-10. I was disappointed when the Nevro trial was a failure. Subsequently, my doctor was able to get a rep from Boston Scientific to come to the clinic the morning the Nevro trial ended, and so I was connected to the Boston Scientific device for another 5 days. I had much better results with the Boston Scientific stimulator. To give you the numbers: The Nevro trial resulted in a 30% reduction in pain while the Boston Scientific trial resulted in a 50% reduction in pain. Both of these devices are "MRI Compatible" but in both the MRI has to be set at 1.5 Teslas which is one-half of the usual 3.0 Teslas. The MRI will still be a usable image just at a lower resolution than at 3.0 Teslas.
I have MS so being able to still get an MRI is very important. If getting future MRIs is important to you, do be sure to verify a devce's capability to be safely scanned in an MRI.
Wishing you the best,
--Elsa

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