Chronic pain: interventional treatments
Evidence-based neurology checklist on chronic pain: interventional treatments: Botulinum toxin: pain indications Postherpetic neuralgia Post-operative neuropathic pain Posttraumatic neuropathic pain Painful diabetic neuropathy Chronic neuropathic pain It may be effective subcutaneously and…
Botulinum toxin: pain indications
- Postherpetic neuralgia
- Post-operative neuropathic pain
- Posttraumatic neuropathic pain
- Painful diabetic neuropathy
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- It may be effective subcutaneously and perineuraly
Spinal cord stimulation: main indications
Spinal cord stimulation: weak indications
Transcranial direct electrical stimulation (tDCS): targets
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): indications
Epidural motor cortex stimulation (MCS): indication
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- NICE technology appraisal guidance (TAG) 159. Spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain of neuropathic or ischaemic origin. October 2008.
- Cruccu G, Garcia-Larrea L, Hansson P, et al. EAN guidelines on central neurostimulation therapy in chronic pain conditions. Eur J Neurol 2016; 23:1489-1499.
