Michel Roccati lost the ability to walk after a motorcycle accident in 2017, when he had a complete spinal cord injury.But today, equipped with an electrode device implanted on his spinal cord, ...

Transvenous pacemakers can increase infection risk in already-compromised patients. Also gaining adequate access for lead insertion can be difficult in a neck secured because of a spinal injury. "Risk ...

Dr. Keith Roach, M.D. DEAR DR. ROACH: How does a person with a pacemaker die? Won’t the pacemaker keep the heart beating? My husband is 87 and on his seventh pacemaker. Please advise so that I know ...

The participants had 16-electrode devices implanted in the epidural space, an area between the vertebrae and the spinal cord membrane. The electrodes receive currents from a pacemaker implanted under ...