{"title":"Dorsal root entry zone coagulation for intractable sciatica.","authors":"S C Saris, J F Vieira, B S Nashold","doi":"10.1159/000099964","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chronic back and leg pain which is unresponsive to medical and/or surgical treatment is a common and difficult neurosurgical problem. Twelve patients with this condition underwent dorsal root entry zone coagulation of that region of the conus medullaris which correlated with the pain. Only 2 patients had a favorable result. The implications of this finding are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":75525,"journal":{"name":"Applied neurophysiology","volume":"51 2-5","pages":"206-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000099964","citationCount":"10","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Applied neurophysiology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000099964","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Chronic back and leg pain which is unresponsive to medical and/or surgical treatment is a common and difficult neurosurgical problem. Twelve patients with this condition underwent dorsal root entry zone coagulation of that region of the conus medullaris which correlated with the pain. Only 2 patients had a favorable result. The implications of this finding are discussed.