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However, it has been reported as a treatment for trigeminal neuropathic pain or persistent idiopathic facial pain only in the recent years.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The authors present a review of the literature and their own series of 6 patients who were treated with peripheral nerve stimulation for facial neuropathic pain, reporting excellent pain relief and subsequent better social relations and quality of life.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>On average, pain scores in these patients decreased from 10 to 2.7 on the visual analog scale during a 17-month follow-up (range 0\u201332 months). The authors also observed the ability to decrease trigeminal pain with occipital nerve stimulation, clinically confirming the previously reported existence of a close anatomical connection between the trigeminal and occipital nerves (trigeminocervical nucleus).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Peripheral nerve field stimulation of the trigeminal and occipital nerves is a safe and effective treatment for trigeminal neuropathic pain and persistent idiopathic facial pain, when patients are strictly selected and electrodes are correctly placed under the hyperalgesia strip at the periphery of the allodynia region.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2013.7.focus13228","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,8,30]],"date-time":"2013-08-30T09:59:46Z","timestamp":1377856786000},"page":"E10","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":44,"title":["Peripheral trigeminal nerve field stimulation"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"35","author":[{"given":"Alberto","family":"Feletti","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Treviso Hospital, University of Padova; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giannantonio Zanata","family":"Santi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Treviso Hospital, University of Padova; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francesco","family":"Sammartino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Treviso Hospital, University of Padova; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marzio","family":"Bevilacqua","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Therapy Unit, Treviso Hospital, Treviso, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Piero","family":"Cisotto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Treviso Hospital, University of Padova; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pierluigi","family":"Longatti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Treviso Hospital, University of Padova; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1-0350010","series-title":"Cephalalgia","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"355","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1468-2982.2008.01535.x","article-title":"Peripheral nerve stimulator for the treatment of supraorbital neuralgia: a retrospective case series","volume":"28","author":"Amin","year":"2008"},{"key":"b2-0350010","series-title":"Pain Pract","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"120","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1533-2500.2007.00165.x","article-title":"Peripheral neurostimulation in supraorbital neuralgia refractory to conventional therapy","volume":"8","author":"Asensio-Samper","year":"2008"},{"key":"b3-0350010","series-title":"Peripheral Subcutaneous Stimulation. 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