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rhizotomy (radiofrequency thermocoagulation)
Indications:
- trigeminal neuralgia
- chronic back pain & muscle spasms
- facet rhizotomy may provide lasting low back pain relief by disabling the sensory nerve at the facet joint
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Procedure:
- surgical procedure to sever nerve roots in the spinal cord
- radiofrequency thermocoagulation.
Specific
laminectomy with rhizotomy
General
general surgery
References
Saunders Manual of Medical Practice, Rakel (ed),
WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1996, pg 1044