National Pain Report World — 15 February 2013
By Pat Anson, Editor
A medical device implanted in the brain that is used to treated depression and Parkinson’s disease is also effective at treating neuropathic pain, according to a study in Neurosurgery, the official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) involves the implantation of a small electrode — sometimes called a “brain pacemaker” — which sends small electrical impulses to specific parts of the brain
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