Stereotactic surgery of erythromelalgia.
Erythromelalgia is a very rare vascular disease affecting children and is accompanied by severe burning pain in the extremities. The disease is practically incurable. There are no recommendations in the literature concerning the possibility of managing the disease by stereotactic surgery. We operated on 3 children with severe pain due to erythromelalgia. The stereotactic destruction of VPL and CM was performed (in 2 cases on one side and bilaterally in 1). An excellent result with the disappearance of not only pain but all signs of the disease was noted in all cases (follow-up 8, 4.5 years and 6 months).
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Neurosurgical Clinic, Institute of Neurology, Moscow, USSR.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004916:Erythromelalgia / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000294:innervation; D008297:Male; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000601:surgery; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D013787:Thalamic Nuclei / Q000601:surgery*