Spinal Cord Stimulator - Not an effective Treatment for back and neck pain

Why is Spinal Cord Stimulator recommended by some spine surgeons?

A doctor recommending a patient to get a spinal cord stimulator implant.

Radiculopathy (nerve root dysfunction) from compressed/pinched nerves
Sciatica (pain down leg to foot) from compressed/pinched nerves
Cauda Equina Syndrome (poly radiculopathy) from compressed/pinched nerves
Spinal cord injury from compressed/pinched spinal cord
Back pain
Pain management doctors are recommending and performing these surgical procedures often for excessive financial rewards and little benefit to the patient
High paying procedure. Profits can exceed $10,000 per surgery performed
Strong financial incentives for spine surgeons and hospitals

How is Spinal Cord Stimulator performed?

Why should Spinal Cord Stimulator be avoided?

A xray of a fusion inferring why the spinal cord stimulator should be avoided.

Highly invasive: large incision and excessive cutting of normal tissues between skin and spine during Spinal Cord Stimulator placement surgery.

Excessive and unnecessary bleeding during and after surgery from muscle trauma by the surgeon

Normal stabilizing bones of the spine including lamina and spinous process are destroyed by the surgeon during Spinal Cord Stimulator placement surgery

Normal stabilizing ligaments including supraspinous, interspinous and ligamentum flavum are destroyed by the surgeon during Spinal Cord Stimulator placement surgery

Normal muscles around the spine are destroyed by the surgeon during Spinal Cord Stimulator placement surgery

Excessive scar tissue forms around the spinal cord and nerves after Spinal Cord Stimulator placement surgery

Complications are common after Spinal Cord Stimulator placement surgery

Spinal instability is common after Spinal Cord Stimulator placement surgery

Disc herniations and degenerated discs are not treated by Spinal Cord Stimulator placement surgery is performed. They are the most common cause of back and leg pain. Treating the disc injuries would cure back and leg pain. The stimulator is unnecessary when the source of back pain is properly treated.

Stenosis is not properly treated by Spinal Cord Stimulator placement surgery and will require additional surgery

Excessive postoperative pain occurs after Spinal Cord Stimulator placement surgery due to muscle trauma and necrosis (death of muscles). During Spinal Cord Stimulator placement surgery, the muscles are torn off the spine by the surgeon in order to get down to the lamina. The permanently damaged muscles cause severe postoperative pain that requires opioid painkillers and muscle relaxers. Opioid painkillers are highly addicting, can cause tolerance, abuse and even death from breathing failure.