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Therefore, we hypothesized that this neuromodulation strategy is suitable to target the L2 and L3 DREZs that convey afferents from the painful territory, and thus alleviates MP related pain.\n                    <jats:italic>Approach.<\/jats:italic>\n                    A patient in her mid-30s presented with a four year history of dysesthesia and burning pain in the anterolateral aspect of the left thigh due to MP that was refractory to medical treatments. We combined neuroimaging and intraoperative neuromonitoring to guide the surgical placement of a paddle lead over the left DREZs innervating L2 and L3 spinal segments.\n                    <jats:italic>Main results.<\/jats:italic>\n                    Optimized electrode configurations targeting the left L2 and L3 DREZs mediated immediate and sustained alleviation of pain. The patient ceased all other medical management, reported improved quality of life, and resumed recreational physical activities.\n                    <jats:italic>Significance.<\/jats:italic>\n                    We introduced a new treatment option to alleviate pain due to MP, and demonstrated how neuromodulation strategies targeting specific DREZs is effective to reduce pain confined to specific regions of the body while avoiding disconfort.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1088\/1741-2552\/aca5f7","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,25]],"date-time":"2022-11-25T06:50:42Z","timestamp":1669359042000},"page":"064001","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Targeted dorsal root entry zone stimulation alleviates pain due to meralgia paresthetica"],"prefix":"10.1088","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Viviana","family":"Aureli","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Molywan","family":"Vat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nicolas","family":"Hankov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marie","family":"Th\u00e9audin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jimmy","family":"Ravier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8444-8504","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Fabio","family":"Becce","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Robin","family":"Demesmaeker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Leonie","family":"Asboth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5744-4142","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Gr\u00e9goire","family":"Courtine","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jocelyne","family":"Bloch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"266","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"jneaca5f7bib1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1080\/00325481.2019.1673582","type":"journal-article","article-title":"Meralgia paresthetica: finding an effective cure","volume":"132","author":"Sanjaya","year":"2019","journal-title":"Postgrad. 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