A comprehensive response to the letter of Traeger and colleagues on spinal cord stimulation for low back pain

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States.
² Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, CA 92103, United States.
⁴ Department of Physical Medical and Rehabilitation, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, United States.

Comment

Shravani Durbhakula et al. Pain Med. 2023.

. 2023 Sep 1;24(9):1129-1130.

doi: 10.1093/pm/pnad060.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States.
² Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, CA 92103, United States.
⁴ Department of Physical Medical and Rehabilitation, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, United States.

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Comment on

Spinal cord stimulation for low back pain.
Traeger AC, Gilbert SE, Harris IA, Maher CG. Traeger AC, et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 Mar 7;3(3):CD014789. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014789.pub2. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023. PMID: 36878313 Free PMC article. Review.
Striking errors in the methodology, execution, and conclusions of the Cochrane Library review of spinal cord stimulation for low back pain by Traeger et al.
Durbhakula S, Broachwala MY, Schuster NM, McCormick ZL. Durbhakula S, et al. Pain Med. 2023 Aug 1;24(8):923-925. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnad047. Pain Med. 2023. PMID: 37067491 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Response to Durbhakula and colleagues.
Traeger AC, Gilbert SE, Harris IA, Maher CG. Traeger AC, et al. Pain Med. 2023 Sep 1;24(9):1127-1128. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnad061. Pain Med. 2023. PMID: 37195461 No abstract available.