European Journal of Pain 2022 Mar 30 doi: 10.1002/ejp.1948. Online ahead of print. Denys Fontaine, Valentin Vielzeuf, Philippe Genestier, Pascal Limeux, Serena Santucci-Sivilotto, Emmanuel Mory, Nelly Darmon, Michel Lanteri-Minet, May Mokhtar, Melanie Laine, Damien Vistoli, DEFI study group Abstract Background: Pain intensity evaluation by self-report is difficult and biased in
Intracranial nociception
Revue Neurologique 2021 Sep;177(7):765-772.doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2021.07.012. Epub 2021 Aug 9. L-M Terrier, D Fontaine Abstract Understanding intracranial nociceptive innervation is essential to understand the pathophysiology of headaches. Our knowledge about human intracranial nociception comes from sparse observations during neurosurgical procedures performed in
Spinal cord stimulation for neuropathic pain
Revue Neurologique 2021 Sep;177(7):838-842.doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2021.07.014. Epub 2021 Aug 9. D Fontaine Abstract Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is used for more than 40years to treat localized chronic medically refractory neuropathic pain involving limb(s) and trunk. The most frequent indications remain complex
Occipital nerve stimulation for chronic cluster headache (COMMENT)
COMMENT in The Lancet Neurology July 01, 2021 | Volume 20, ISSUE 7, P498-499 https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(21)00163-0 Denys Fontaine, Michel Lantéri-Minet Cluster headache is a primary headache disorder characterised by attacks of strictly unilateral severe pain lasting 15–180 min, associated with prominent
Phantom vision after eye removal: prevalence, features and related risk factors
The British Journal of Ophthalmology 2021 May 12; doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2021-319091. Arnaud Martel , Stephanie Baillif , Pierre Thomas , Fabien Almairac , Olivier Galatoire , Mehrad Hamedani , Denys Fontaine , Michel Lanteri-Minet Abstract Aim: Phantom eye syndrome is a poorly understood and underestimated complication of eye
Occipital Nerve Stimulation for Refractory Chronic Cluster Headache: A Cost-Effectiveness Study
Neuromodulation 2021 Apr22 doi: 10.1111/ner.13394. Julie Bulsei, Aurélie Leplus, Anne Donnet, Jean Regis , Christian Lucas , Nadia Buisset, Sylvie Raoul, Evelyne Guegan-Massardier, Stéphane Derrey , Bechir Jarraya, Dominique Valade, Caroline Roos, Christelle Creach , Stéphan Chabardes , Pierric Giraud, Jimmy Voirin, Sophie Colnat-Coulbois, Francois Caire, Philippe Rigoard , Eric Fontas
Neuromodulation techniques for acute and preventive migraine treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
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Phantom eye pain: a multicentric study in 100 patients
Acta Ophthalmologica 2020 Oct 29. Arnaud Martel , Stephanie Baillif , Pierre Thomas , Fabien Almairac , Olivier Galatoire , Mehrad Hamedani , Denys Fontaine , Michel Lanteri-Minet Purpose: Phantom eye syndrome (PES) is an underestimated complication of eye amputation (EA) characterized by phantom eye pain (PEP),
Long-Term Efficacy of Occipital Nerve Stimulation for Medically Intractable Cluster Headache
Neurosurgery. 2020 Sep 28;nyaa373. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa373. Aurélie Leplus, Denys Fontaine, Anne Donnet, Jean Regis, Christian Lucas, Nadia Buisset, Serge Blond, Sylvie Raoul, Evelyne Guegan-Massardier, Stéphane Derrey, Bechir Jarraya, Bich Dang-Vu, Frederic Bourdain, Dominique Valade, Caroline Roos, Christelle Creach, Stéphan Chabardes, Pierric Giraud, Jimmy Voirin, Jocelyne Bloch, Sophie Colnat-Coulbois, François Caire, Philippe Rigoard, Laurie Tran, Coralie Cruzel, Michel Lantéri-Minet , French ONS registry group
How Should we Use Multicolumn Spinal Cord Stimulation to Optimize Back Pain Spatial Neural Targeting? A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial (ESTIMET Study)
Neuromodulation, journal of the International Neuromodulation Society. 2020 Aug 31. Philippe Rigoard, Maxime Billot, Pierre Ingrand, Isabelle Durand-Zaleski, Manuel Roulaud, Philippe Peruzzi, Phong Dam Hieu, Jimmy Voirin, Sylvie Raoul, Philippe Page, Marie-Christine Djian, Denys Fontaine, Michel Lantéri-Minet, Serge Blond, Nadia Buisset, Emmanuel Cuny, Myriam Cadenne, François Caire, Danièle Ranoux, Patrick Mertens, Hussein Naous, Emile Simon, Evelyne Emery, Guillaume Béraud, Françoise Debiais, Géraldine