On the treatment of vertebrogenic pain using laser-induced lesion of the spinal ganglia.
Recently, there has been an increase in the use of spinal-ganglia lesions as a means of surgical treatment of postdiscotomic algic syndromes. After relapses following thermocoagulation, the authors began to use lesions caused by a laser beam of an output of 30 W and temperature of 2,000 degrees C. As the resulting changes are irreversible, lasting effects of the procedure can be expected.
Rozhold
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Medical Faculty, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia.
Nádvorník
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Kolarík
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J
D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008028:Light Coagulation; D008161:Lumbosacral Region