Surgical management of benign intractable pain.
A multidisciplinary approach to chronic pain will usually obtain reasonable results, but in some selected patients with nonmalignant disease a surgical solution may be sought with benefit. A variety of techniques used are described in detail, including the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, post-herpetic neuralgia, and the pain associated with avulsion injury of the brachial plexus.
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Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London, Great Britain.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*