SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PAIN

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PAIN

Pain is the most common complaint of people. Although pain is often not a significant and permanent problem, it can sometimes be a sign of various diseases. The known and most commonly applied treatment for pain is taking painkillers. Some pain cannot be relieved despite all kinds of medications and similar treatments; in some cases, after trying drug treatments, some interventional and surgical methods may be useful.

Types of pain that respond well to surgery: trigeminal neuralgia, various facial pains, cancer pain, neuropathic pain due to nerve damage, pain due to failed back surgery and similar types of pain.



Surgeries frequently performed in pain treatment are as follows: Trigeminal radiofrequency rhizotomy (RF) and microvascular decompression in trigeminal neuralgia; Cordotomy in cancer pain; Spinal cord stimulation (lumbar pacemaker) in pain after failed back surgery; In neuropathic pain, types of surgery such as spinal cord-DREZ surgery and spinal cord stimulation (lumbar pacemaker) can be beneficial.


Prof. Dr. Ali SAVAŞ