Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-23-2022
Abstract
Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS), a chronic neuropathic pain condition, is a common indication for spinal cord stimulation (SCS). However, the mechanisms of SCS, especially its effects on supraspinal/brain functional connectivity, are still not fully understood. Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI) studies have shown characteristics in patients with chronic low back pain (cLBP). In this case study, we performed rsfMRI scanning (3.0 T) on an FBSS patient, who presented with chronic low back and leg pain following her previous lumbar microdiscectomy and had undergone permanent SCS. Appropriate MRI safety measures were undertaken to scan this subject. Seed-based functional connectivity (FC) was performed on the rsfMRI data acquired from the FBSS subject, and then compared to a group of 17 healthy controls. Seeds were identified by an atlas of resting state networks (RSNs), which is composed of 32 regions grouped into 8 networks. Sliding-window method and k-means clustering were used in dynamic FC analysis, which resulted in 4 brain states for each group. Our results demonstrated the safety and feasibility of 3T MRI scanning in a patient with implanted SCS system. Compared to the brain states of healthy controls, the FBSS subject presented very different FC patterns in less frequent brain states. The mean dwell time of brain states showed distinct distributions: the FBSS subject seemed to prefer a single state over the others. Although future studies with large sample sizes are needed to make statistical conclusions, our findings demonstrated the promising application of dynamic FC to provide more granularity with FC changes associated with different brain states in chronic pain.
Recommended Citation
Miao, Jingya; Ailes, Isaiah; Krisa, Laura; Fleming, Kristen; Middleton, Devon; Talekar, Kiran; Natale, Peter; Mohamed, Feroze B.; Hines, Kevin; Matias, Caio M.; and Alizadeh, Mahdi, "Case Report: The Promising Application of Dynamic Functional Connectivity Analysis on an Individual With Failed Back Surgery Syndrome" (2022). Department of Neurosurgery Faculty Papers. Paper 196.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/neurosurgeryfp/196
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Language
English
Comments
This is the author's final published version in Frontiers in Neuroscience, Volume 16, September 2022, Article number 987223.
The published version is available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.987223. Copyright © 2022 Miao, Ailes, Krisa, Fleming, Middleton, Talekar, Natale, Mohamed, Hines, Matias and Alizadeh.
Publication made possible in part by support from the Jefferson Open Access Fund