Anchoring of a mental nerve stimulator for treatment of facial neuropathic pain: a case illustration.

Abstract Introduction Methods Results Conclusions Mental nerve stimulation is recognised as a treatment option for neuropathic facial pain. Historically however, lead migration across the mobile temporomandibular joint has prevented this procedures utility.We describe a new method of insertion and anchoring of a mental nerve stimulator for the management of refractory neuropathic pain in the distribution of the mental nerve. We anchored the stimulator lead to the mandibular body.Significant analgesic effect was achieved and no lead migration had occurred at 1 year post-operatively.This report describes in detail the procedure of mental nerve stimulator insertion, with a novel technique of mandibular anchoring of the lead. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]