Reply to Tapia et al

Philippe Rigoard^{1

2

3}, Richard North^{4

5}, Rod Taylor⁶; PROMISE Study Group

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, France.
² PRISMATICS Lab, Faculty of Medicine, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
³ UMR 3346, CNRS, P' Institute, Poitiers, France.
⁴ The Neuromodulation Foundation, Inc, Baltimore, MD, United States.
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
⁶ Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom.

Comment

Philippe Rigoard et al. Pain. 2019 Aug.

. 2019 Aug;160(8):1904.

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001603.

Philippe Rigoard^{1

2

3}, Richard North^{4

5}, Rod Taylor⁶; PROMISE Study Group

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, France.
² PRISMATICS Lab, Faculty of Medicine, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
³ UMR 3346, CNRS, P' Institute, Poitiers, France.
⁴ The Neuromodulation Foundation, Inc, Baltimore, MD, United States.
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
⁶ Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom.

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Multicolumn spinal cord stimulation for predominant back pain in failed back surgery syndrome patients: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.
Rigoard P, Basu S, Desai M, Taylor R, Annemans L, Tan Y, Johnson MJ, Van den Abeele C, North R; PROMISE Study Group. Rigoard P, et al. Pain. 2019 Jun;160(6):1410-1420. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001510. Pain. 2019. PMID: 30720582 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Spinal cord stimulation for failed back surgery: all that glitters is not gold.
Tapia EE, Tameeris E, Fokkema T, Chiarotto A. Tapia EE, et al. Pain. 2019 Aug;160(8):1903-1904. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001605. Pain. 2019. PMID: 31335660 No abstract available.

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