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Neuromodulation for Intractable Pain [PDF]

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2020
Over 7% of the Western population suffer from intractable pain and despite pharmacotherapy, many patients’ pain is refractory [...]
Alexander L. Green, Tipu Z. Aziz
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Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Block with Botulinum Toxin Type A for Intractable Neuropathic Pain [PDF]

open access: goldToxins, 2016
Neuropathic pain includes postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN), and trigeminal neuralgia, and so on. Although various drugs have been tried to treat neuropathic pain, the effectiveness of the drugs sometimes may be limited for ...
Young Eun Moon   +4 more
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Neurostimulation for Intractable Chronic Pain [PDF]

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2019
The field of neuromodulation has seen unprecedented growth over the course of the last decade with novel waveforms, hardware advancements, and novel chronic pain indications.
Timothy R. Deer   +3 more
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Anterior cingulotomy for intractable pain

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2016
Conservative therapy is often the first-line treatment for many symptoms of various disease processes, including pain. Nevertheless, if pharmacological or medical management fails for those patients with severe and chronic pain, a surgical strategy may ...
Nitin Agarwal, MD   +4 more
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Clinical observation of the effect of a totally implantable programmable device for continuous intrathecal infusion in the treatment of intractable neuropathic pain

open access: greenChinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2013
Objective To observe the curative effect and life quality improvement in patients with intractable neuropathic pain (NP) after implanting a programmable continuous intrathecal infusion pump.
Yang YANG, Ke-qin YANG, Bi-fa FAN
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Thalamotomy for Alleviation of Intractable Pain [PDF]

open access: bronzeStereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 1975
17 patients had thalamotomies for alleviation of pain due to malignancy since January, 1970. In 12 of them, thalamic electrodes were implanted through occipital burr holes for subsequent radiofrequency thalamotomies. In 4 cases, the lesions were made by the bifrontal approach and 1 case was approached from the left occipital and right frontal.
S. Uematsu
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Dorsal root ganglion stimulation combined with spinal cord stimulation for effective treatment of postherpetic neuralgia - A case report - [PDF]

open access: yesAnesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2021
Background Although spinal cord stimulation (SCS) can be a treatment option for intractable postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), obtaining proper stimulation at the thoracic dermatome is difficult.
Seung Wan Hong   +4 more
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Cervical Cordotomy in Terminal Cancer: Pain Relieving in Oncological Treatment

open access: yesBrazilian Neurosurgery, 2021
Cordotomy consists in the discontinuation of the lateral spinothalamic tract (LST) in the anterolateral quadrant of the spinal cord, which aims to reduce the transference of nociceptive information in the dorsal horn of the gray matter of the spinal cord
Maria Clara Cardoso Seba   +5 more
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