Surgical management of central pain in persons with spinal cord injury: The dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) procedure

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 41-50

  Lammertse, D P ^a   Falci, S P ^a  

^a CRAIG HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pain; Deafferentation pain; DREZ; Neurogenic pain; Pain surgery; Paraplegia; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORDOTOMY; DEAFFERENTATION; DORSAL ROOT ENTRY ZONE PROCEDURE; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0034792204     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/UXQ1-WN8A-6PA0-8WQT     Document Type: Article

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