Long-term effect of motor cortex stimulation in patients suffering from chronic neuropathic pain: An observational study.

Motor cortex stimulation (MCS) was introduced as a last-resort treatment for chronic neuropathic pain. Over the years, MCS has been used for the treatment of various pain syndromes but long-term follow-up is unknown.This paper reports the results of MCS from 2005 until 2012 with a 3-year follow-up....

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Main Authors: Dylan J H A Henssen, Erkan Kurt, Anne-Marie van Cappellen van Walsum, Inge Arnts, Jonne Doorduin, Tamas Kozicz, Robert van Dongen, Ronald H M A Bartels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5790239?pdf=render