Disconnecting Pain: Neurosurgical Interventions for the Treatment of Intractable Cancer Pain (FR441C)
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The neurosurgical treatment of pain.
T he referral of a patient to a neurosurgeon for pain relief was once considered bad news, because the choice of procedures was limited to the creation of lesions offering significant risk and only modest success. The good news is that much has changed. Advances in technology and an improved understanding of pain have added sophisticated options and have guided attention to more effective proce...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0885-3924
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.12.124