Neurosurgical Technique of the Dorsal Root Entry Zone Operation
- 3 May 1988
- journal article
- review article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
- Vol. 51 (2-5) , 136-145
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000099956
Abstract
The dorsal root entry zone operation was introduced in 1976 to relieve the pain of brachial plexus avulsion. Since then it has been applied to pain treatment in paraplegia, postherpetic pain, phantom limb pain and other types of deafferentation pain. Over 400 operations have been done at the Duke Uniyersity Medical Center with overall good results in 60% of pain patients.Keywords
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