Resolution of symptoms in idiopathic thalamic pain syndrome after implantation of a cervical and thoracic percutaneous spinal cord stimulator

CONCLUSION: We suggest that this patient may have presented with a non-lesional thalamic pain syndrome, supported by the classic hemibody allodynia and hyperesthesia and the response to SCS. Further, we demonstrate that SCS was an effective method to control this central pain disorder.PMID:33654553 | PMC:PMC7911043 | DOI:10.25259/SNI_847_2020

Source: Surgical Neurology International - March 3, 2021 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Kylie E Hagerdon Lance M Villeneueve Christen M O'Neal Andrew K Conner Source Type: research