Precise Management System (PreMaSy) of Chronic Intractable Pain Based on a Remote and Wireless Spinal Cord Stimulation System
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about a new management system in chronic and stubborn pain patients who accept therapy of spinal cord stimulation (SCS). Usually, these patients are required to take long-term follow-ups to ensure that the stimulator works well. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is it better to improve the patient's quality of life than the current conventional follow-up? * Is it better to relieve pain in the long term than the current conventional follow-up? * Is it possible to be applied to a large population of chronic pain patients? Participants will be randomly assigned to either a control group or an interventional group. Participants in the control group will be given the standard SCS implantation surgery and asked to complete the conventional follow-up (at least 1-, 3-, and 6-month post-operative). Participants in the interventional group will be given the standard SCS implantation surgery and asked to do the following things: * Take the daily pain self-assessment questions on a mobile phone APP. * Take the monthly healthy status self-assessment questionnaires on a mobile phone APP. * Take the conventional follow-up (at least 1-, 3-, and 6-month post-operative). Researchers will compare the two groups to see if the life quality of the interventional group is improved.
• Have been clinically diagnosed with chronic, intractable pain for more than three months.
• At enrollment, the average pain intensity is no least than 5 out of 10 cm on visual analogue scale.
• At enrollment, the age is no younger than 18-year-old.
• Ineffective or unsatisfactory conservative treatments, including but limited to: oral medication, nerve block, epidural corticosteroids, physical and psychological rehabilitation therapy, and chiropractic care.
• Voluntary to take the trial and sign the informed consent.
• Good compliance and ability to complete post-operative follow-ups.
• Basic ability to read and use a mobile phone or having a caregiver who can.