Surgical procedures for the relief of acute and chronic pain.
OBJECTIVE
To review current surgical procedures for the relief of acute and chronic pain.


CONCLUSIONS
Recent advances in knowledge of pain transmission and pain modulation have resulted in a more conservative approach to surgical intervention for the relief of pain. Those techniques which are contemporarily accepted as efficacious are outlined.
Pain Management Unit, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D015360:Analgesia, Epidural; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D015918:Infusion Pumps, Implantable; D008722:Methods; D009493:Neurosurgery; D010146:Pain / Q000601:surgery; D059408:Pain Management
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid