TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 75. Neurosurgical Treatment of Pain A1 - Dubuisson, David A1 - Bajwa, Zahid H. A2 - Warfield, Carol A. A2 - Bajwa, Zahid H. Y1 - 2004 N1 - T2 - Principles & Practice of Pain Medicine, 2e AB - Indications for surgical interventions in the treatment of chronic pain continue to evolve as we learn more about the pathophysiology and mechanisms of chronic pain. Recent advances in technology and availability of newer and better analgesics have also helped us rely more on neuromodulation and neuroaugmentation rather than neuroablation. Establishment of multidisciplinary pain centers, formal fellowship training in pain medicine, and popularity of minimally invasive techniques has enabled clinicians from various disciplines to perform procedures that were once performed only by neurosurgeons. Surgical procedures that are used to relieve pain, and are not discussed in detail elsewhere in this book, can be divided into three major categories (Table 75-1). SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/01 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3422009 ER -