Surgical treatment of neuropathic pain

oleh: Zhi-pei LING, Zhi-qiang CUI

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Tianjin Huanhu Hospital 2013-10-01

Deskripsi

Neuropathic pain (NP) is a transient dysfunction caused by the damage of peripheral nerve and central nervous system, characterized with hyperalgesia, allodynia and spontaneous pain. Surgical treatment of neuropathic pain has experienced a long process, and plays an important role. This paper reviews recent documents of surgical techniques in the treatment of neuropathic pain. There are three kinds of surgical techniques: neuromodulation, microsurgical lesions and nerve decompression.