title: Successful treatment of testicular pain with peripheral nerve stimulation of the cutaneous branch of the ilioinguinal and genital branch of the genitofemoral nerves.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the effect of peripheral nerve stimulation on neuropathic testicular pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 30-year-old man with a four-year history of chronic testicular pain following scrotal hydrocele surgery had two percutaneous leads implanted in his groin and low-frequency stimulation of the cutaneous branch of the ilioinguinal and genital branch of the genitofemoral nerves.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At seven-month follow-up, the pain intensity had declined from 9/10 to 2/10 on the numeric rating scale.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We report the successful implantation of an ilioinguinal and genitofemoral nerve stimulator for sustained suppression of intractable neuropathic testicular pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. frosendal@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Frederikke
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rosendal
authors.forename: Liz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moir
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: de Pennington
authors.forename: Alexander L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Tipu Z
authors.initials: TZ
authors.lastname: Aziz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D059350:Chronic Pain; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006119:Groin / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D007264:Inguinal Canal / Q000294:innervation; D008297:Male; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000502:physiology*; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004561:Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation / Q000379:methods*