Image: LSixty-day temporary sciatic peripheral nerve stimulator (PNS) trial & swollen right ankle with healed scars.
Description: 59-year-old, female, presented years after an open reduction and internal fixation of a right bi-malleolar fracture that she sustained during a motor vehicle accident. She reported >90% relief of pain during the trial of PNS which was placed after a sciatic nerve block gave her 100% relief for a day. She eventually was implanted with a permanent sciatic PNS with sustained pain relief.
Author: Arun Kalava MD, FASA, EDRA
Affiliation: University of Central Florida College of Medicine