TY - JOUR T1 - Lumbar Level Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Low Back Pain JF - Ochsner Journal JO - Ochsner J SP - 265 LP - 272 DO - 10.31486/toj.21.0115 VL - 22 IS - 3 AU - Kenneth J. Fiala AU - Roy B. Kim AU - Joshua M. Martens AU - Alaa Abd-Elsayed Y1 - 2022/09/21 UR - http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/22/3/265.abstract N2 - Background: Low back pain affects the lives of millions of people in the United States and the world. Not only does low back pain affect the quality of life for the individual patient, but it also accounts for many emergency department and health care visits. For a subset of patients, conservative measures such as medications and physical therapy, nonsurgical interventions, and surgery are not effective. Peripheral nerve stimulation is an emerging treatment option for patients with chronic low back pain. This case series assesses 6 patients’ experiences with lumbar level peripheral nerve stimulation.Case Report: Three male and 3 female patients underwent lumbar level peripheral nerve stimulation as a treatment for chronic low back pain. The average age of the patients was 63.5 years, and they demonstrated an average pain reduction of 64.8%.Conclusion: This series provides evidence that lumbar level peripheral nerve stimulation may be an efficacious treatment for chronic low back pain that is refractory to conservative measures. Large studies are needed to assess the outcomes and durations of improvement associated with this treatment. ER -