Edelbach Brandon Michael, Lopez-Gonzalez Miguel Angel
Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States.
Department of Neurosurgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, United States.
Surg Neurol Int. 2023 Jun 8;14:198. doi: 10.25259/SNI_60_2023. eCollection 2023.
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a debilitating pain that affects the dermatomes associated with the trigeminal nerve (V1, V2, and V3). Unfortunately, many medical treatments and surgical procedures fail to sufficiently modulate the pain associated with this condition.
This study presents two extreme cases of refractory TN (RTN) that progressed to atypical facial pain and describes successful mitigation of the neuralgia of said cases by percutaneous implantation of upper cervical spinal cord stimulation (SCS). The SCS was designed to target the descending spinal trigeminal tract.
Together, these cases collaborate with the limited literature and further delineate the use and potential advantages of SCS in the treatment of RTN.
三叉神经痛(TN)是一种使人衰弱的疼痛,影响与三叉神经相关的皮节(V1、V2和V3)。不幸的是,许多医学治疗和外科手术未能充分调节与这种疾病相关的疼痛。
本研究呈现了两例难治性三叉神经痛(RTN)进展为非典型面部疼痛的极端病例,并描述了通过经皮植入颈上脊髓刺激(SCS)成功缓解所述病例神经痛的情况。SCS旨在靶向脊髓三叉神经下行束。
这些病例共同补充了有限的文献,并进一步阐明了SCS在治疗RTN中的应用及潜在优势。