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Surgical Posterior Rhizotomies for the Treatment of Pain

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Spinal posterior rhizotomy was the first neurosurgical procedure developed for the treatment of intractable pain. Conceived by Dana in 1886, it was performed for the first time—independently in 1889—by Abbe in the U.S.A. and Bennett in Great Britain. After a period of rapid development, the technique went through a long decline, eclipsed by the spino-thalamic cordotomy, then by the stereotactic procedures on encephalic targets, and finally by neurostimulation of the pain inhibitory pathways.

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Sindou, M., Goutelle, A. (1983). Surgical Posterior Rhizotomies for the Treatment of Pain. In: Krayenbühl, H., et al. Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery. Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery, vol 10. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-7027-4_4

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-7027-4_4

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  • Print ISBN: 978-3-7091-7029-8

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-7091-7027-4

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

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