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Discover the power of personalised pain relief

Boston Scientific therapies have helped thousands of people to achieve lasting relief from pain - including where other therapy options have not achieved desired results.5

Your pain is profoundly personal. It’s why we don’t take a one-size-fits-all approach. No two people feel pain in the same way. The more you and your doctor can personalise our therapies to your unique pain, the more likely you are to experience lasting pain relief.

Clinically-proven pain management therapies1

Patient safety and comfort come first. You deserve to regain control of your life and find lasting relief with therapies that are clinically proven to be effective on suitable patients.1

These Boston Scientific pain therapies are drug free and Boston Scientific Spinal Cord Stimulation therapy is included in the ARTG:

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95 percent of Boston Scientific patients would recommend Spinal Cord Stimulation

At one treatment centre in which Boston Scientific patients were implanted, 95% of those patients indicated they would recommend SCS.1

Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)

SCS therapy uses an implanted device to deliver mild electrical impulses that interrupt pain signals your nerves send through your spinal cord. This can help prevent you from perceiving the pain.

Designed to relieve chronic pain in:

  • Lower back 
  • Legs 
  • Feet
Learn more about SCS
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70 percent of patients treated with RFA experience lasting relief.

of RFA patients experience lasting relief.2,3,4

Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)

RFA is a minimally invasive outpatient procedure that uses thermal energy to interrupt pain signals at the source.

Learn more about RFA

See if Boston Scientific's pain management therapies are suitable for you

Take this short quiz; your pain results will help you kick-start the conversation about your pain symptoms with your doctor or pain specialist.

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Why choose Boston Scientific?

Boston Scientific pain management therapies offer key advantages backed by clinical evidence. In particular, therapy that can be personalised to treat your unique pain and could help you find relief where other treatments may have failed to provide.

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References:

  1. Thomson SJ, Kruglov D, Duarte RV. A spinal cord stimulation service review from a single centre using a single manufacturer over a 7.5 year follow-up period. Neuromodulation. 2017;20(6):589-599. N=321 
  2. MacVicar J, Borowczyk JM, MacVicar AM, Loughnan BM, Bogduk N. Cervical medial branch radiofrequency neurotomy in New Zealand. Pain Med. 2012;13(5):647-654.
  3.  Dreyfuss P, Halbrook B, Pauza K, Joshi A, McLarty J, Bogduk N. Efficacy and validity of radiofrequency neurotomy for chronic lumbar zygapophysial joint pain. Spine. 2000;25(10):1270-1277.
  4.  Govind J, King W, Bailey B, Bogduk N. Radiofrequency neurotomy for the treatment of third occipital headache. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2003;74(1):88-93.

Disclaimer and endnotes: 

Results from case studies are not necessarily predictive of results in other cases. Results in other cases may vary.

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Talk to your healthcare professional about whether this product may be suitable for you as part of your overall plan to manage chronic pain. The WaveWriter Alpha System is not a first-line treatment for chronic intractable pain.

Surgery is required in order to use the WaveWriter Alpha System and any surgical procedure carries risk. Outcomes may vary for each patient. Patients should consult their healthcare professional about factors that could impact their response.

CAUTION: This product is not available for purchase by the general public. Indications, contraindications, warnings, and instructions for use can be found in the product labelling supplied with each device or at www.IFU-BSCI.com.

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