Spinal Cord Stimulator Implantation

This animation shows how a spinal cord stimulator is implanted, step by step. It opens with a title card that names the procedure: spinal cord stimulator implantation with two electrode leads positioned in the spinal canal and connected to a pulse generator beneath the skin. The patient and date lines on the card are left blank.

The film starts at the surgical field with a labelled skin incision in the lower back, held open by retractors. It then moves inside to a close-up of the spine, where a needle is inserted to open the way for the electrode leads, and the two leads are placed in the spinal canal at the T8 level. Back at the surgical field, a pocket is created beneath the skin for the pulse generator, the leads are routed to it and the generator is placed inside.

The animation closes with an overhead view of the whole spine that labels the electrode leads and the pulse generator and explains what each does. A closing card carries the studio's credit.