Deep brain stimulation for the alleviation of post-stroke neuropathic pain.

Our aim was to asses the efficacy of deep brain stimulation in post-stroke neuropathic pain. Since 2000, 15 patients with post-stroke intractable neuropathic pain were treated with deep brain stimulation of the periventricular gray area (PVG), sensory thalamus (Ventroposterolateral nucleus-VPL) or b...

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Main Authors: Owen, S, Green, A, Stein, J, Aziz, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2006