Pain, Its Mechanisms and Neurosurgical Control |
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END ORGANS AFFERENT TRACTS AND CENTRAL STATIONS CON | 9 |
MECHANISMS OF PAIN CONDUCTION AND PERCEPTION PAIN | 67 |
PSYCHIATRIC CONSIDERATIONS | 99 |
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abdominal afferent alcohol injection amputation anaesthesia analgesia analgesic angina pectoris anterolateral cordotomy artery attacks bilateral bladder carcinoma carotid causalgia caused cent central cervical clinical Complete relief complications cordotomy cortex cutaneous death denervation dermatomes disease division dorsal facial Foerster foramen fossa frontal leucotomy ganglia ganglion Gasserian ganglion glossopharyngeal hospital hypalgesia incision ipsilateral later lesions leucotomy level of analgesia limb lower lumbar medial medulla mesencephalon metastases months muscles neck needle nerve nervus intermedius neurectomy neuroma obex operation pain fibres paravertebral pathways patient pelvis peripheral petrosal phantom phantom limb plexus postcentral postcentral gyrus posterior rhizotomy posterior roots postoperative procaine procaine block procedure recurrence relief of pain reported resection rhizotomy rootlets rostral segments sensation sensory level side skin spinal cord spinothalamic tract splanchnic stimulation stump surgeon surgical sympathectomy sympathetic Table thalamic tion transection trigeminal neuralgia tumour unilateral upper thoracic vertebrae visceral zone