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Surgical treatment for central pain after stroke based on its neural mechanism Masafumi Hirato 1 , Akio Takahashi 1 , Taka-aki Miyagishima 1 , Nobuhito Saito 2 1Department of Neurosurgery, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine 2Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo Keyword: central(thalamic)pain , neural mechanism , surgical treatment pp.877-887
Published Date 2006/12/10
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1431100408
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 Neurophysiological and neuroimaging study suggested that functional changes might occur in the sensory thalamus, associated with reorganization of thalamocortical system, in cases with central(thalamic)pain. It might cause hyperactive response to peripheral natural stimulation, resulting in playing important roles for the genesis of this type of pain. Hyperactivity in the cerebral cortex adjacent to the central sulcus on the side ipsilateral to CVD lesion also might relate for the genesis of central pain.

 Based on these hypothesis of the neural mechanism of central pain after stroke, we performed various kinds of surgical treatment in 25 cases with central pain. Pain was caused by cerebrovascular disease(CVD)in all cases. Epidural spinal cord stimulation was effective in 4 cases with localized pain on the distal part of leg and arm. Stereotactic(Vim-Vcpc)thalamotomy was performed in 13 cases with diffuse pain with aid of depth microrecording. Long-term pain relief over three years was achieved in 6 cases. PET study was also carried out to clarify the characteristic changes in the brain. In cases obtained pain relief, we could find responses to peripheral natural stimulation and seldom encountered irregular burst discharges on the sensory thalamus during the operation. Preoperative PET study also revealed an increase of rCBF on the sensory cortex ipsilateral to the thalamic CVD lesion during contralateral thumb brushing. On the other hand, in cases without pain relief, we frequently encountered irregular burst discharges and positive spikes, but seldom found sensory responses to peripheral natural stimulation on the sensory thalamus. Gamma knife treatment was carried out in 11 cases, in 6 out of those which stereotactic thalamotomy had been performed. Each case was treated with a maximum dose of 120-150Gy using 4mm collimator. In 7 cases before introduction of neurostimulation therapy, pain improved in 5 cases, and became stable in these 3 out of 5 cases. In 2 cases, pain was not ameliorated. In the other 4 out of 11 cases, pain improved in 2 cases and was not ameliorated in 2 cases. MRI revealed the formation of therapeutic thalamic lesions in those cases, which were recognized as a spot-shaped low signal area on T1-and T2-weighted images, which was surrounded by high signal area on T2-weighted image. It also revealed a spot-shaped enhanced high signal area on the T1-Gd enhanced image. Precentral electrical cortical stimulation was also performed in 6 cases. Sufficient pain relief was achieved in 3 cases. In all these cases, spontaneous pain was severe but hypesthesia mild. Regional CBF or rCMRglu decreased slightly and was localized in the affected thalamus. A MEG study demonstrated preservation of spino-thalamo-cortical function in one case. In 2 out of 3 cases in which we failed to obtain pain relief, we frequently encountered irregular burst discharges and positive spikes, but seldom found sensory responses to peripheral natural stimulation on the sensory thalamus during the previous thalamic operation. In one of these 3 cases, internal capsular(posterior limb)stimulation was performed, resulting in sufficient but short-term pain relief.

 Surgical treatment could be expected to ameliorate central(thalamic)pain in those cases in which CVD had caused mild destruction of the pain conducting system and the spino-thalamo-cortical function was relatively preserved. Based on the electrophysiological and neuroimaging data mainly in the thalamus, we should make a further surgical treament strategy to improve functional abnormalities on the thalamocortical system for this intractable pain.


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