[Percutaneous thermocoagulation of the spinal nerves for analgesia].
The authors present percutaneous technic treatment of some pain syndrom by thermocoagulation of rachidian nerves with radiofrequency generator. This method had been employed on 60 patients in various indications (cervico-occipital neuralgias, low back pain, stage syndrom, painful scar etc...). After anatomic justification one literature analysis precede personal results of this therapeutic method. This one is easy to realise and seems to deserve a good place in the actual possibility of functional neurosurgery.
D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods; D013127:Spinal Nerves / Q000601:surgery*
Thermocoagulation percutanée des nerfs rachidiens à visée analgésique