Dorsal root entry zone lesioning for pain after brachial plexus avulsion: Results with special emphasis on differential effects on the paroxysmal versus the continuous components. A prospective study in a 29-patient consecutive series

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1923-1930

  Aichaoui, Faycal ^a   Mertens, Patrick ^a,b   Sindou, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus avulsion; DREZ lesioning; Microsurgical DREZotomy; Neuropathic pain; Neurosurgery of pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS PAIN; DORSAL ROOT ENTRY ZONE LESIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MICROSURGICAL DREZOTOMY; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960469957     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.03.037     Document Type: Article

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