Spinal and nucleus caudalis dorsal root entry zone operations for chronic pain

Kanpolat Y., TUNA H., BoAurt M., ELHAN A. H.

NEUROSURGERY, vol.63, no.3, pp.235-242, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 63 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1227/01.neu.0000297066.44810.46
  • Journal Name: NEUROSURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.235-242
  • Keywords: dorsal horn, DREZ lesioning, spinal cord, trigeminal nucleus tract, trigeminal tractonucleotomy, BRACHIAL-PLEXUS AVULSION, TRIGEMINAL TRACTOTOMY, MICROSURGICAL DREZOTOMY, DEAFFERENTATION PAIN, NEUROPATHIC PAIN, LOWER-LIMBS, CORD, LESIONS, RELIEF, HORN
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) operations came into medical practice after the demonstration of increased electrical activity in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord and brainstem in patients with deafferentation of the central nervous system after injury to these areas. The aim of the study was to describe the technique and the effectiveness Of spinal DREZ and nucleus caudalis (NC) DREZ operations, which may be the treatments of choice in unique chronic pain conditions that do not respond to medical therapy or any other surgical methods.