Open AccessNeurosurgical treatment of pain
Author(s) -
Eugen Slavik
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0610450s
Subject(s) - medicine , cordotomy , rhizotomy , neurectomy , chronic pain , spinal cord , anesthesia , neuromodulation , occipital neuralgia , nerve root , neurosurgery , surgery , brachial plexus , intractable pain , neuralgia , neuropathic pain , stimulation , alternative medicine , pathology , psychiatry
Surgical treatment of chronic pain includes destructive procedures (neurectomy, rhizotomy, sympathectomy), often referred to as ablative, and accompanied by high morbidity and mortality rates.