Microcoagulation of junctional dorsal root entry zone is effective treatment of brachial plexus avulsion pain: Long-term follow-up study

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 271-278

  Prestor, Borut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION PAIN; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CAUSALGIA; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 33646696168     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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