Serious Issues in Authorship, Design, and Conclusions of JAMA Neurology Real-World Evidence Study on Spinal Cord Stimulation Outcomes and Costs as Compared to Conventional Medical Therapy

Affiliations

• ¹ The Spine and Nerve Center of the Virginias, Charleston, WV, USA.
• ² Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
• ³ Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Coastal Pain and Spinal Diagnostics Medical Group, San Diego, CA, USA.
• ⁴ Neurosurgery, Neurology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
• ⁵ Department Functional Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Associates of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA, USA.
• ⁶ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
• ⁷ Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
• ⁸ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai Medical Center, NY, NY, USA.
• ⁹ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
• ¹⁰ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
• ¹¹ Department of Population Health-Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.