• Neurosurgery · Feb 1988

    Dorsal root entry zone lesions for the treatment of brachial plexus avulsion injuries: a follow-up study.

    • A H Friedman, B S Nashold, and P R Bronec.
    • Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
    • Neurosurgery. 1988 Feb 1;22(2):369-73.

    AbstractDorsal root entry zone (DREZ) lesions have been shown to yield short term relief from the pain associated with a brachial plexus avulsion injury. Because of the propensity of pain to recur after neuroablative procedures, 39 patients with pain after a brachial plexus avulsion injury were observed for 14 months to 10 years after DREZ lesions were made. Fifty-four per cent of these patients were afforded good pain relief. Of 21 patients who had multiple small lesions made within the DREZ, 15 (72%) were afforded good pain relief.

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