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Burst Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Cervical Dystonia with Intractable Pain: A Pilot Study
Takeshi Shimizu1,2, Tomoyuki Maruo1,3, Shimpei Miura3
1Department of Neurosurgery, Parkinson's Disease Research Center, KKR Otemae Hospital, Osaka 540-0008, Japan.
Abstract:
Pain is the most common and disabling non-motor symptom in patients with cervical dystonia. Here, we report four patients with painful cervical dystonia in whom burst spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in the cervical region produced sustained and significant improvements in both dystonic pain and motor symptoms. Further studies need to be performed to investigate the clinical efficacy of burst SCS for patients with cervical dystonia.
