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Get Paid for Trial Electrode Placement and Removal

Published on Mon Oct 05, 2015

Question: In a patient with bilateral leg pain, our surgeon placed two electrode arrays in the epidural space for trial neurostimulation and the patient returned a week later with positive results. Our surgeon disconnected the external neurostimulator and removed the trial electrode at the second visit. Finally, our surgeon called the patient for placement of a new electrode array and implantation [...]
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