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We report on characteristics including facial pain etiology, complications, changes in pain scores using the visual analog scale (VAS), and willingness to undergo DBS again.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Nine patients underwent DBS for either poststroke, post-traumatic, postherpetic, or atypical facial pain. Eight patients (89%) were permanently implanted. Seven patients had sufficient follow-up (mean 40.3 mo). Of these 7 patients, average VAS scores decreased from 9.4 to 6.1 after DBS. The average decrease in VAS was 55% for post-traumatic facial pain (2 patients), 45% for poststroke (2 patients), 15% for postherpetic neuralgia (2 patients), and 0% for atypical facial pain (1 patient). Three of the 8 implanted patients (38%) had complications which required removal of hardware. Only 2 of 7 (29%) patients met classical criteria for responders (50% decrease in pain scores). However, among 4 patients who were asked about willingness to undergo DBS again, all expressed that they would repeat the procedure.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There is a trend towards improvement in pain scores following DBS for facial pain, most prominently with post-traumatic pain.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ons\/opaa170","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,15]],"date-time":"2020-06-15T13:34:45Z","timestamp":1592228085000},"page":"510-517","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Case Series: Deep Brain Stimulation for Facial Pain"],"prefix":"10.1227","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Alon","family":"Kashanian","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, 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