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.

Cluster headache diagnostic delay and its predictors: a systematic review with a meta-analysis

The Journal of Headache and Pain 2025 Apr 9;26(1):71. doi: 10.1186/s10194-025-02001-7. E K Van Obberghen, R Fabre, M Lanteri-Minet Abstract Background: Despite its characteristic clinical expression, cluster headache (CH) often remains unrecognized in clinical practice, with patients suffering from CH having to wait

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