1st International Conference on Recent Advances in Anaesthesiology (INCRAA - 2009), 30 Jan – 01 Feb 2009 · Nehru Auditorium, AIIMS New Delhi

Peripheral nerve stimulation is a technique in which electrodes are placed along the course of peripheral nerves to control pain. These devices are an extremely safe, efficient, and effective way to ameliorate a variety of severe neuropathic pain conditions. Peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) has been used for treatment of neuropathic pain for more than 40 years. There has been a recent resurgence in its use mostly with the introduction of minimally invasive implantation techniques .t There is wider acceptance of neuromodulation as a treatment of medically refractory cases of neuropathic pain. Nerve stimulation is performed in a two-step process. First there is a temporary trial electrode.