{
  "abstract": "We thank Diong and colleagues for their thoughtful critique of our recent systematic review and network meta-analysis of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for chronic pain.1 2 We welcome the opportunity to clarify several methodological decisions and to address concerns regarding potential bias and conflicts of interest.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Pain Medicine, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Sam Eldabe"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Sarah Nevitt"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Ainsworth Institute of Pain Management, New York, New York, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Corey W Hunter"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Joshua M Rosenow"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Health Data Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Michelle Maden"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Neurosurgery, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Brussels, Belgium",
        "STIMULUS research group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Brussels, Belgium",
        "Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), Brussels, Belgium"
      ],
      "name": "Lisa Goudman"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Neurosurgery, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Brussels, Belgium",
        "STIMULUS research group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Brussels, Belgium",
        "Department of Radiology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium"
      ],
      "name": "Maarten Moens"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rochester Regional Health System, Rochester, New York, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Hemant Kalia"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Saluda Medical Pty Ltd, Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Nicole Soliday"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Saluda Medical Pty Ltd, Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Angela Leitner"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Health Data Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK",
        "Saluda Medical Pty Ltd, Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Rui V Duarte"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit & Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, Institute of Health and Well Being, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Glasgow, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Rod S Taylor"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "National Spine and Pain Centers LLC, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Peter S Staats"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Response to: “Methodological limitations and conflicts of interest in spinal cord stimulation research impair trustworthiness”",
  "uid": "1c531527-4101-5f37-a4ef-81df6a7f8432"
}