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University Hospital Mannheim

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Medicine

Subcutaneous Trigeminal Nerve Field Stimulation for Refractory Facial Pain

Martin Jakobs¹, Sigrid Schuh-Hofer², Andreas Unterberg¹, Rezvan Ahmadi¹

¹Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, ²Center for Biomedicine and Medical Technology, University Hospital Mannheim

Treating chronic or neuropathic facial pain can be challenging when medical or standard treatment fails. Subcutaneous nerve field stimulation is the least invasive form of neuromodulation and is used for chronic back pain. We applied this technology to treat chronic and neuropathic trigeminal facial pain.