May 16, 2018· Spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain.. PubMed. Mailis-Gagnon, A; Furlan, A D; Sandoval, J A; Taylor, R. . Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a form of therapy used to treat certain types of chronic pain. It involves an electrical generator that delivers pulses to a targeted spinal cord area. The leads can be implanted by laminectomy or percutaneously and the source of power is ...