Microsurgical C-2 ganglionectomy for chronic intractable occipital pain

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 359-365

  Lozano, Andres M ^a   Vanderlinden, Graham ^b   Bachoo, Robert ^b   Rothbart, Peter ^b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anesthetic block; Ganglionectomy; Headache; Occipital neuralgia; Rhizotomy; Spinal nerve root

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLIONECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031750672     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.3.0359     Document Type: Article

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