Motor cortex stimulation in a three-year-old child with trigeminal neuropathic pain caused by a malignant glioma in the cerebellopontine angle: case report.
Delavallee, Maxime;Rooijakkers, Herbert;Koerts, Guus;Raftopoulos, Christian
MCS is a minimally invasive surgical technique that seems to be a potential treatment for carefully selected children experiencing very severe and medically refractory neuropathic pain, even in the context of a neoplasm.
Delavallee, M., Rooijakkers, H., Koerts, G., & Raftopoulos, C. (2011). Motor cortex stimulation in a three-year-old child with trigeminal neuropathic pain caused by a malignant glioma in the cerebellopontine angle: case report. Neurosurgery (Baltimore), 69(2), E494-6. https://doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0b013e318218cf6f (Original work published 2011)