Dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) localization using direct spinal cord stimulation can improve results of the DREZ thermocoagulation procedure for intractable pain relief

Pain

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 159-163

  Tomáš, Robert ^a   Haninec, Pavel ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Deafferentation pain; Dorsal root entry zone; Evoked potential; Intraoperative recording

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERMOCOAGULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 20444445768     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.03.015     Document Type: Article

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