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2025 Jan 11


Pain Med


39798142

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and Motor Cortex Stimulation (MCS) for Central Post-Stroke Pain: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis.

Authors

Kannan S, Gillespie CS, Hanemaaijer J, Eraifej J, Alalade AF, Green A

Abstract

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and Motor Cortex stimulation (MCS) are invasive interventions in order to treat various neuropathic pain syndromes such as Central Post-Stroke Pain. While each treatment has varying degree of success, comparative analysis has not yet been performed, and the success rates of these techniques using validated, objective pain scores have not been synthesised.