Abstract

Neuropathic pain (NP) following spinal cord injury (SCI) has a prevalence of 34% to 74% and is largely refractory to pharmacological, psychological, and physical treatments. In such refractory cases, deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy has been proposed. We report the clinical outcomes of PAVG-DBS in six patients with central NP after SCI with exploratory imaging analyses to identify the specific neural substrates underlying the clinical improvement seen in our cohort.

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