Table 1

Timeline of patient’s disease from initial and follow-up visits.

DatesSummaries from initial and follow-up visitsDiagnostic testingInterventions
10.01.2003Paraesthesia on her both upper extremities and right legCranial and cervical MRI scan showed hyperintense MS plaque is seen at C3, C4 level and cranial many hyperintense MS plaquesStarted betaferon (interferon beta-1b) treatment
25.02.2006Right leg and back pain. Pain had a radicular character.Lumbar MRI shows right L4-5 intervertebral disc herniationPatient underwent physical therapy and medical treatment for one year
02.03.2007Right leg and back pain. Complaints were not resolvedLumbar MRI shows right L4-5 intervertebral disc herniationRight L4-5 intervertebral discectomy was performed
02.03.2008Right leg painRecurrent intervertebral disc herniation and segmental instabilityLumbar stabilisation and reccurent invertebral discectomy was performed
02.09.2008Numbness, tingling and stinging on the right legNo another reccurent disc or instabilityNonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAID) and gabapentin for neuropathic pain
02.03.2009Epiduroscopy
02.09.2009Facet joint blockage
02.03.2010Epiduroscopy
02.09.2010Facet joint blockage
02.01.2016VAS was 10FBSS and MSimplanted the STIMWAVE spinal cord stimulator system
07.01.2016VAS post-implantation is 3X-ray: lead tips were placed thoracal vertebral. No migrationDecreased gabapentin dose

  • MRI - magnetic resonance imaging, MS - multiple sclerosis, VAS - visual analogue scale, FBSS - failed back surgery syndrome