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This book will discuss three areas where the neurosurgeon may provide an important contribution to the relief of intractable pain: trigeminal and other facial neuralgias, chronic noncancer pain, and cancer pain. By one intervention, the neurosurgeon often may provide long-lasting pain relief. New techniques, which have developed since the 1970s and continue to evolve, dominate the neurosurgical armamentarium because they are not only effective, but safe. These include percutaneous radiofrequency electrocoagulation for trigeminal neuralgia, spinal stimulation for chronic noncancer pain, and intraspinal morphine infusion for cancer pain.
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Brisman, R. (1989). Introduction. In: Brisman, R. (eds) Neurosurgical and Medical Management of Pain: Trigeminal Neuralgia, Chronic Pain, and Cancer Pain. Topics in Neurosurgery, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1651-0_1
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