The Duke experience with nucleus caudalis DREZ coagulation.
The results of 46 nucleus caudalis DREZ coagulations performed at Duke in the preceding 5 years are reviewed retrospectively, with a mean follow-up of 32 months. Fifteen (38%) of 39 patients with complete data indicated that they would undergo the procedure again. Fifteen (38%) described improved quality of life. Outcome was fair or better in 18 (46%). Complications in the form of ataxia were present in 21 (54%).
Division of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., USA.
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JP
Gorecki
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Nashold
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Rubin
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Ovelmen-Levitt
D000368:Aged; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010166:Palliative Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014279:Trigeminal Nucleus, Spinal / Q000601:surgery*