Long-term follow-up study of rostral mesencephalic reticulotomy for pain relief – report of 34 cases

K. Amano; H. Kawamura; T. Tanikawa; H. Kawabatake; M. Notani; H. Iseki; T. Shiwaku; T. Nagao; Y. Iwata; T. Taira; Y. Umezawa; T. Simizu; K. Kitamura

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Long-term follow-up study of rostral mesencephalic reticulotomy for pain relief – report of 34 cases

K. Amano^*, H. Kawamura, T. Tanikawa, H. Kawabatake, M. Notani, H. Iseki, T. Shiwaku, T. Nagao, Y. Iwata, T. Taira, Y. Umezawa, T. Simizu, K. Kitamura

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Abstract. A long-term follow-up study of rostral mesencephalic reticulotomy (RMR) for pain relief is presented. 34 patients (24 males and 10 females) were operated. Ages ranged from 18 to 65 years. The follow-up period was 1–70 months. The overall effectiveness of RMR showed good relief of pain in 23 patients (67%). The study of effectiveness of RMR according to type of pain showed good relief of pain in 5 out of 6 patients (83%) with nondenervation pain, whereas satisfactory pain relief was obtained in 18 out of 28 patients (64%) with denervation pain.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	105-111
Number of pages	7
Journal	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Volume	49
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000100135
Publication status	Published - 1986 Jan 1

Keywords

Mesencephalon
Midbrain
Pain relief
Reticular formation
Reticulotomy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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