Spinal Cord Stimulation for Painful Neuropathic Cauda Equina Syndrome Following Ballistic Penetrating Lumbar Spine Injury: Proof-of-Concept Case

Military Medecine 2025 Oct 15:usaf486. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usaf486. Online ahead of print. Nathan Beucler , Hubert Tournebise , Rayan Fawaz , Denys Fontaine , Nicolas Desse  Abstract Modern warfare, as well as the rise of terrorist attacks on the mainland France, make military personnel deployed overseas

Poor Effectiveness of Occipital Nerve Stimulation in Treating Refractory Neuropathic Facial Pain: A Case Series

Neuromodulation 2025 May 2:S1094-7159(25)00146-1. doi: 10.1016/j.neurom.2025.04.002. Online ahead of print. Sofia Ferrão Malheiro, Nathan Beucler, Aurélie Leplus, Michel Lanteri-Minet, Denys Fontaine Abstract Context: Neuropathic facial pain (NFP) that remains refractory to optimal pharmacologic management imposes a significant burden on patients and a challenge to pain specialists.

Safety and feasibility of deep brain stimulation of the anterior cingulate and thalamus in chronic refractory neuropathic pain: a pilot and randomized study

The journal of Headache and Pain 2025 Feb 17;26(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s10194-025-01967-8. Denys Fontaine, Aurélie Leplus, Anne Donnet, Nelly Darmon, Anne Balossier, Bruno Giordana, Benoit Simonet, Petru Isan, Jean Regis, Michel Lanteri-Minet Abstract Background: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) of the anterior cingulum has been recently proposed to treat refractory chronic pain