TABLE 3.

Characteristics and outcomes of the 25 patients who received eMCS.

	Variables	Values
Baseline	Age, years (mean ± SD)	53.9 ± 12.0
	Male sex, % (n)	48.0 (12)
	Pain duration, years (mean ± SD)	8.8 ± 6.9
	Pain laterality, % (n)
	Right	44.0 (11)
	Left	56.0 (14)
	Pain topography, % (n)
	Hemibody	60.0 (15)
	Lower limb	20.0 (5)
	Upper limb	8.0 (2)
	Face/neck	4.0 (1)
	Trunk	8.0 (2)
	Level of lesion, % (n)
	Central	88.0 (22)
	Spinal cord	31.8 (7)
	Brainstem	22.7 (5)
	Thalamus	18.2 (4)
	Lenticular	4.5 (1)
	Cortex	18.2 (4)
	Others	4.5 (1)
	Peripheral	12.0 (3)
	Cranial	33.3 (1)
	Radicular	33.3 (1)
	Plexus	33.3 (1)
rTMS treatment	rTMS follow‐up time, years (mean ± SD)	1.5 ± 1.6
	Number of received sessions, session (mean ± SD)	22.5 ± 18.3
	Duration of PR at last rTMS session, d (mean ± SD)	13.3 ± 9.9
	Pain relief after rTMS at
	Session 1, % (mean ± SD)	15.8 ± 27.5
	Session 2, % (mean ± SD)	27.5 ± 28.5
	Session 3, % (mean ± SD)	36.7 ± 32.8
	Session 4, % (mean ± SD)	42.5 ± 31.6
	Last session, % (mean ± SD)	45.9 ± 29.1
	Categorization after the last rTMS, % (n)
	Non‐responder (0–10)	12.0 (3)
	Poor result (10–39)	32.0 (8)
	Good result (40–69)	24.0 (6)
	Excellent result (70–100)	32.0 (8)
eMCS surgery	Delay between last rTMS and surgery, m (mean ± SD)	4.8 ± 8.0
	Delay between surgery and first evaluation, m (mean ± SD)	5.1 ± 1.4
	Delay between surgery and last evaluation, m (mean ± SD)	38.2 ± 23.7
	Pain relief thanks to eMCS at
	First evaluation, % (mean ± SD)	44.6 ± 31.6
	Last evaluation, % (mean ± SD)	44.1 ± 31.3
	Categorization after eMCS‐5, % (n)
	Non‐responder (0–10)	12.0 (3)
	Poor result (10–39)	32.0 (8)
	Good result (40–69)	20.0 (5)
	Excellent result (70–100)	36.0 (9)