1. Design of a Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial for the Treatment of Peripheral Neuropathic Pain (COMFORT Study) with a Micro-Implantable Pulse Generator
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Hatheway,John, Hersel,Alexander, Song,Jonathan, Engle,Mitchell, Gutierrez,Genaro, Khemlani,Vishal, Kapural,Leonardo, Moore,Gregory, Ajakwe,Reginald, Trainor,Drew, Hah,Jennifer, Staats,Peter, Lynch,Paul, Makous,James, Heit,Gary, Kottalgi,Shilpa, Desai,Mehul, Hatheway,John, Hersel,Alexander, Song,Jonathan, Engle,Mitchell, Gutierrez,Genaro, Khemlani,Vishal, Kapural,Leonardo, Moore,Gregory, Ajakwe,Reginald, Trainor,Drew, Hah,Jennifer, Staats,Peter, Lynch,Paul, Makous,James, Heit,Gary, Kottalgi,Shilpa, and Desai,Mehul
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John Hatheway,1 Alexander Perry Hersel,2 Jonathan Song,3 Mitchell P Engle,4 Genaro Gutierrez,5 Vishal Khemlani,6 Leonardo Kapural,7 Gregory Moore,8 Reginald Chinaedu Ajakwe,9 Drew M Trainor,10 Jennifer M Hah,11 Peter Staats,12 Paul Lynch,13 James Makous,14 Gary Heit15 ,â Shilpa Kottalgi,16 Mehul J Desai17 1Pain Management, Northwest Pain Care, Spokane, WA, USA; 2Pain Management, Pain Management and Injury Relief, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA; 3Pain Management, Arizona Pain Specialists, Scottsdale, AZ, USA; 4Pain Management, Institute of Precision Pain Medicine, Corpus Christi, TX, USA; 5Pain Management, Pain Specialists of America, Austin, TX, USA; 6Pain Management, Columbia Pain Management, Portland, OR, USA; 7Pain Management, Center for Clinical Research, Carolinas Pain Institute, Winston-Salem, NC, USA; 8Pain Management, Pacific Sports and Spine, Eugene, OR, USA; 9Pain Management, Comprehensive Spine & Pain, Burbank, CA, USA; 10Pain Management, Denver Spine and Pain Institute, Denver, CO, USA; 11Pain Management, Division of Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA; 12Pain Management, Premier Pain Centers, Shrewsbury, NJ, USA; 13Pain Management, US Pain Care, Scottsdale, AZ, USA; 14Pain Management, Makous Research, LLC, Carlsbad, CA, USA; 15Department of Neurosurgery, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue, Vietnam; 16Clinical Affairs, Nalu Medical, Inc., Carlsbad, CA, USA; 17Pain Management, International Spine Pain & Performance Center, Washington, DC, USAâ Gary Heit passed away in February 2023Correspondence: Shilpa Kottalgi, Nalu Medical, Inc., 2320 Faraday Ave, Carlsbad, CA, 92008, USA, Tel +1 858 344 1591, Fax +1 760 448 2379, Email skottalgi@nalumed.comBackground: Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) is an established therapy for chronic neuropathic pain of peripheral origin, typically following nerve injury. However, there is a paucity of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) demonstrating the therapeutic benefits of PNS. The goals of
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- 2024