title: [Dual lead spinal cord stimulation using octad lead for central post-stroke pain].
abstract: Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has become the preferred option for neurosurgical management of several intractable pains. To evaluate effects of dual lead SCS using two quad leads for central post-stroke pain (CPSP), we retrospectively reviewed eight consecutive patients with CPSP who underwent SCS. Six (75%) of eight patients obtained more than 50% pain relief during test stimulation, and the efficacies continued for about 12 months in five (83%) of six patients. There were no significant complications. SCS is less invasive neurostimulation treatment and provides pain relief for some cases of CPSP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya Central Hospital, Nagoya-city, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanei
authors.forename: Norimoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: Shigenori
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takebayashi
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Yasukazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kajita
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wakabayashi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D004561:Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation / Q000379:methods*