Dorsal root entry zone lesions to control central pain in paraplegics
- 1 September 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 55 (3) , 414-419
- https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1981.55.3.0414
Abstract
Patients (13) with intractable long-term pain following spinal cord injury and paraplegia were treated with dorsal root entry zone lesions placed at the level just above the transection. Pain relief of .gtoreq. 50% was achieved in 11 of the 13 patients, with follow-up periods of 5-38 mo. Central pain from brachial plexus avulsion can be relieved by dorsal root entry zone lesions; this technique was extended to the central pain phenomena associated with spinal trauma and paraplegia.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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