Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society
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Occipital nerve stimulation (ONS) may provide relief for refractory headache disorders. However, scant data exist regarding long-term ONS outcomes. ⋯ Randomized controlled long-term studies in specific, intractable, primary headache disorders are indicated.
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Letter Case Reports
Treatment of contact dermatitis associated with spinal cord stimulator pulse generator--technical note.
Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sheets have been successfully used as a biologic barrier in the treatment of pacemaker contact dermatitis. ⋯ This technique is an effective way of treating contact dermatitis related to implantable pulse generators, without the need for explantation of the neuromodulation system.
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Letter Case Reports
Coccygeal fracture pain cured by sacral neuromodulation: a case report.
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Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) by high-frequency electrical pulses has been used since the early 1970s for relief of chronic intractable pain following limb amputation. The long-term effectiveness of SCS for amputation-related pain with ongoing after-care is reviewed by assessment of all such cases managed over 20 years in the Neurostimulator Clinic at the Royal London Hospital. ⋯ Successful SCS in some patients with amputation-related pain otherwise resistant to treatment indicates that the procedure merits continued use with further efforts to refine technique.
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We report the outcome after vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in children with secondary generalized epilepsy. ⋯ Our study showed that VNS was effective in reducing atypical absence, generalized tonic-clonic, and myoclonic seizures (but not atonic or tonic seizures) in children with Lennox-Gastaut or Lennox-like syndrome. A concomitant improvement in attention level and quality of life and health also was noted. Secondary generalized epilepsy represents a subset of good candidates for VNS.