Deep brain stimulation and motor cortical stimulation for neuropathic pain.
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an important treatment option for neuropathic pain. DBS has a considerable history, and it can be used successfully for a wide number of pain syndromes. Epidural motor cortex stimulation (MCS) also is a treatment option for neuropathic pain. Less invasive than DBS, MCS has been rapidly adopted and studied since first described in 1991. A growing body of literature supports the use of MCS for facial pain, though further study to better define the mechanism of action and the most appropriate patient populations is ongoing.
Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 North St. Clair Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
James A
JA
Stadler
Damien J
DJ
Ellens
Joshua M
JM
Rosenow
D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*