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Review
. 1988;51(2-5):136-45.
doi: 10.1159/000099956.

Neurosurgical technique of the dorsal root entry zone operation

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Review

Neurosurgical technique of the dorsal root entry zone operation

B S Nashold Jr. Appl Neurophysiol. 1988.

Abstract

The dorsal root entry zone operation was introduced in 1976 to relieve the pain of brachial plexus avulsion. Since then it has been applied to pain treatment in paraplegia, postherpetic pain, phantom limb pain and other types of of deafferentation pain. Over 400 operations have been done at the Duke University Medical Center with overall good results in 60% of pain patients.

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