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This review, therefore, aims to establish the efficacy of these two novel technologies in the management of chronic neuropathic pain compared to conventional medical management (CMM) techniques.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"st2\">\n<jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>A systematic search was conducted on three electronic databases, PubMed, Science Direct, and CENTRAL, for all relevant articles to the study topic. After a detailed review by two independent reviewers, only the articles that met the inclusion criteria were included. The Review Manager 5.4 software was utilized to conduct a meta-analysis of the outcomes of pain reduction.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"st3\">\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Our online search yielded 345 articles; however, only eight studies were included in the analysis according to our inclusion criteria. The results from our pooled analysis indicated that SCS and dorsal root stimulation both resulted in a significant reduction in the rating of chronic pain mean difference (MD) (\u22124.73; 95% confidence interval [CI] [\u22124.76, \u22124.71] <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.00001) and MD (\u22121.09; 95% CI [\u22121.29, \u22120.90] <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.00001), respectively. Similarly, for the studies that reported percentage change in pain rating, the pooled analysis showed that SCS resulted in a higher percentage reduction in pain rating compared to CMM MD (69.47; 95% CI [64.31, 74.64] <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.00001).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"st4\">\n<jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Based on the results of our analysis, we conclude that advances in neurostimulation techniques, such as SCS and DRG stimulation, have resulted in better management of chronic neuropathic pain compared to conventional pain management techniques.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.25259\/sni_656_2024","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,25]],"date-time":"2025-04-25T08:13:18Z","timestamp":1745568798000},"page":"146","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.25259\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["A meta-analysis of modern neuro-stimulation modalities-Advances in neuro-stimulation 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