[Motor cortex stimulation in the treatment of the central pain: a case report]

Motor cortex stimulation (MCS) is one of the methods of treatment in chronic pain syndromes. According to recent clinical studies effectiveness of this mode of treatment in the central pain has been proved. This article reports the first case of a patient with the thalamic syndrome treated with MCS in the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery in Military Clinical Hospital in Bydgoszcz. The procedure of implantation was performed with the guidance of a frameless neuronavigation system which served for localization of the precentral gyrus. Correct placement of the electrode was confirmed by intraoperative stimulation. As a result of the treatment a decrease of pain and improvement of psychosocial state has been achieved.