Results of DREZ coagulations for pain related to plexus lesions, spinal cord injuries and postherpetic neuralgia

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 364-369

  Rath, S A ^a   Braun, V ^a   Soliman, N ^a   Antoniadis, G ^a   Richter, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

DREZ lesion; Pain; Plexus lesions; Postherpetic neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE LESION; NERVE PLEXUS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD CYST; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THERMOCOAGULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARAPLEGIA; RHIZOTOMY; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029916680     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01420297     Document Type: Article

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