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Chodakiewitz YG, Bicalho GV, Chodakiewitz JW. Multi-target neurostimulation for adequate long-term relief of neuropathic and nociceptive chronic pain components. Surg Neurol Int. 2013;4:S170-5doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.110676.
Chodakiewitz, Y. G., Bicalho, G. V., & Chodakiewitz, J. W. (2013). Multi-target neurostimulation for adequate long-term relief of neuropathic and nociceptive chronic pain components. Surgical neurology international, 4S170-5. https://doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.110676
Chodakiewitz, Yosef G, et al. "Multi-target neurostimulation for adequate long-term relief of neuropathic and nociceptive chronic pain components." Surgical neurology international vol. 4 (2013): S170-5. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.110676
Chodakiewitz YG, Bicalho GV, Chodakiewitz JW. Multi-target neurostimulation for adequate long-term relief of neuropathic and nociceptive chronic pain components. Surg Neurol Int. 2013 Apr 17;4:S170-5. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.110676. Print 2013. PMID: 23682344; PMCID: PMC3654775.
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Surg Neurol Int. 2013 Apr 17;4:S170-5. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.110676. Print 2013.

Multi-target neurostimulation for adequate long-term relief of neuropathic and nociceptive chronic pain components.

Surgical neurology international

Yosef G Chodakiewitz, Geraldo V C Bicalho, Jacob W Chodakiewitz

Affiliations

  1. Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

PMID: 23682344 PMCID: PMC3654775 DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.110676

Abstract

Successful treatment of chronic pain for patients with failed back surgery syndrome can be extremely complicated. These patients require careful and individualized clinical assessment, as they often present with mixed pain syndromes that involve both neuropathic and nociceptive components. The distinct types of pain involved in such cases may require combined treatments from individual interventions that are analgesically independent and specific for each type of pain involved. Neuromodulation by electric stimulation at appropriately chosen targets and combinations may be an important option to consider for such patients. We present a case of combined debilitating axial nociceptive spinal pain and bilateral neuropathic leg pain in a patient after 14 failed back operations. A combination of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) and deep brain stimulation in the periventricular gray (PVG) have successfully provided the patient with complete relief of both components of his chronic pain condition, after all other pain management options had been exhausted. By alternating activation of each implanted stimulator separately and in conjunction, we were able to demonstrate a clinically independent analgesic character for each stimulation system, each specific to a particular type of pain. The SCS provided complete relief of the neuropathic pain component, without affecting the nociceptive component at all. The PVG stimulation provided complete relief of the nociceptive component, without affecting the neuropathic component at all. In combination, there was complete relief of the total chronic pain condition. There appeared to be no overlapping or synergistic effect between the two neuromodulation systems in the patient. The patient has had prolonged complete relief from his chronic pain condition with the combined neuromodulation intervention over 22 years of follow-up.

Keywords: Chronic pain; deep brain stimulation; failed back surgery syndrome; periventricular gray; spinal cord stimulation

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