I had a spinal cord stimulator implant where the leads were placed at about the T4 level and the device was in my left hip. I have had numerous cervical and lumbar issues. Obviously where they put the implant it was to help my lumbar region. I had low back pain; peripheral neuropathy of the left leg from the knee down. I kept the device in for 5 years at which point it was removed. In the beginning it seemed to be effective but eventually it became less and less effective, thus they removed the device. It just was doing absolutely nothing for me at one point in time.

I didnt try have a SCS implant in the neck since I have Harrington rods and there was absolutely no room to place the device. They could have removed the rods but I was told it was too dangerous to remove the rods.

If you do have SCS done you will go thru a psych evaluation first, then a trial SCS. If that works then onto a permanent one. Just remember that if you have a SCS implant done you CAN NOT have an MRI done.