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Research Fellow, @msk_health, School of Public Health, @Sydney_Uni. Family-man. Physio. Enthusiastic eater.
Mar 7, 2023 8 tweets 4 min read
Our Cochrane review on spinal cord stimulators for #backpain out today.

Bottom line:
-Mod certainty evidence of no benefit vs placebo in medium term
-Uncertain if benefit on pain in immediate term
-Adverse events (infection, re-operation) common

cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10…

🧵 Although it looks like there is an effect in the immediate-term, the certainty of evidence was very low