Ask the Expert: Dr Cormac Mullins

Dr Mullins was one of the keynote speakers at the recent Irish Pain Society’s Annual Scientific Meeting, where he provided an update on spinal cord stimulation, emphasising the importance of appropriate patient selection.

Dr Mullins also provided a useful critique of the very limited placebo-controlled RCT evidence base that currently exists for spinal cord stimulation, the large placebo response, and the need for more high quality RCTs in this area.