title: Impact of ventralis caudalis deep brain stimulation combined with stereotactic bilateral cingulotomy for treatment of post-stroke pain.
abstract: Stroke is the third leading cause of death worldwide. As the elderly population grows, interest in the quality of life, management and treatment of patients with post-stroke pain has grown. Pharmacological treatment is usually the first line of management in these patients. However, if medications fail to achieve appropriate pain relief, neuroablative or neuromodulating procedures are used as alternative methods to interrupt the transmission of pain. We performed unilateral ventralis caudalis deep brain stimulation combined with stereotactic bilateral cingulotomy to maximize the effects of treatment for 3 patients with intractable post-stroke pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Severance Hospital, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Brain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Joo Pyung
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Won Seok
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Young Seok
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jin Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D000077206:Gabapentin; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D000700:Analgesics; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D000077206:Gabapentin