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IT WAS REPORTED IN AN ARTICLE (BREEL, J., ZUIDEMA, X., SCHAPENDONK, J., LO, B., WILLE, F.F. TREATMENT OF CHRONIC POST-SURGICAL PAIN WITH DORSAL ROOT GANGLION (DRG) STIMULATION (10701). NORTH AMERICAN NEUROMODULATION SOCIETY 19TH ANNUAL MEETING. 2015. 65.) THAT 7 PATIENTS WITH DORSAL ROOT GANGLION (DRG) STIMULATION FOR CHRONIC POST? SURGICAL NEUROPATHIC PAIN DID NOT REPORT GREATER THAN 50% PAIN RELIEF AFTER SIX MONTHS OF TREATMENT. LESS THAN 3 PATIENTS WITH DRG STIMULATION FOR CHRONIC POST-SURGICAL NEUROPATHIC PAIN DID NOT REPORT PAIN RELIEF IN THE AREAS OF THEIR NORMAL PAIN AFTER SIX MONTHS OF TREATMENT. LESS THAN 8 PATIENTS WITH DRG STIMULATION FOR CHRONIC POST-SURGICAL NEUROPATHIC PAIN DID NOT REPORT PARESTHESIAS IN THEIR AREA OF NORMAL PAIN WHILE USING THEIR STIMULATION. (B)(4). THIS REPORT REFLECTS INFORMATION RECEIVED BY FDA IN THE FORM OF A NOTIFICATION PER 803.22 (B)(2)