Surgical procedures for the relief of acute and chronic pain.
review · Level V
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To review current surgical procedures for the relief of acute and chronic pain. CONCLUSIONS: Recent advances in knowledge of pain transmission and pain modulation have resulted in a more conservative approach to surgical intervention for the relief of pain. Those techniques which are contemporarily accepted as efficacious are outlined.