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Bilateral cingulumotomy in the treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Jean L Santo1, Lorraine M Arias, Giancarlo Barolat
1Departments of Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery and Neurology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PAU.S.A.
Pain
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
Bilateral anterior cingulumotomy has been used to treat psychiatric diseases and chronic pain. We report an interesting case involving a young woman who underwent cingulumotomy for the treatment of intractable total body pain secondary to generalized reflex sympathetic dystrophy. Her initial response after two procedures was excellent though 1 year later her pain recurred and was resistant to a subsequent cingulumotomy.