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Dorsal root entry zone coagulation for intractable sciatica
S C Saris1, J F Vieira, B S Nashold
1Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Md.
Applied Neurophysiology
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Chronic back and leg pain which is unresponsive to medical and/or surgical treatment is a common and difficult neurosurgical problem. Twelve patients with this condition underwent dorsal root entry zone coagulation of that region of the conus medullaris which correlated with the pain. Only 2 patients had a favorable result. The implications of this finding are discussed.