The Results of Spinal Cord Stimulation in Critical Limb Ischaemia:a Review

AbstractObjectives: to determine which patients with unreconstructible critical limb ischaemia (CLI) might benefit from spinal cord stimulation (SCS). Methods: literature review. Results: limb salvage in patients with an intermediate transcutaneous oxygen pressure (TcpO2) was not significantly higher with SCS (76%) than with conservative therapy (p=0.08). However, a limb salvage of 88% was achieved with SCS if the difference between the supine and sitting TcpO2baseline values (ΔTcpO2) was ≥15 mmHg. A rise in TcpO2after trial stimulation of at least 15% resulted in a limb salvage of 77% at 18 months (p