Ventrolateral partial dorsal root entry zone rhizotomy for occipital neuralgia

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-45

  Rasskazoff, Serge ^a   Kaufmann, Anthony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DREZ; Occipital neuralgia

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; KETAMINE; OPIATE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SEIZURE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 17644403525     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2005/784750     Document Type: Article

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