THE EFFECTS OF EXTREME COLD ON SENSORY NERVES
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 62 (3) , 182-187
Abstract
The effects of extreme cold on sensory nerves are discussed and a clinical application of these effects is proposed. The structural changes observed following the freezing of sensory nerves in the rat are described and correlated with the clinical results in patients with chronic facial pain treated by cryogenic peripheral nerve blockade. This technique offers features which are not shown by any other method for interrupting peripheral pathways and provides a useful alternative to existing methods of treatment for chronic pain.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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