Motor cortex stimulation in chronic neuropathic orofacial pain syndromes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Invasive motor Cortex Stimulation (iMCS) was introduced in the 1990’s for the treatment of chronic neuropathic orofacial pain (CNOP), although its effectiveness remains doubtful. However, CNOP is known to be a heterogeneous group of orofacial pain disorders, which can lead to different resp...

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Main Authors: Dylan Henssen, Erkan Kurt, Anne-Marie Van Cappellen van Walsum, Tamas Kozicz, Robert van Dongen, Ronald Bartels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64177-z