Adults ages 18 and over without a failed spinal stimulation trial or implant will be accepted into the study. Patients must have a diagnosis of chronic back pain and must be patients of the identified anesthesiologists and have their procedures performed at AUHS pain clinic.
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Patients will be excluded if they have a history of local anesthetic allergy (lidocaine), current skin infections at the procedure site, or a diagnosis of diaphoresis/ secondary hyperhidrosis (chronic over sweating).
