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Most patients with chronic pain do not need neurosurgical pain-relieving procedures. Most of these patients do not require any surgery. A few will benefit from direct surgical decompression of nerve roots, and some can be helped by neurosurgical pain-relieving operations.
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Brisman, R. (1989). Neurosurgical Aspects of Chronic Pain. In: Brisman, R. (eds) Neurosurgical and Medical Management of Pain: Trigeminal Neuralgia, Chronic Pain, and Cancer Pain. Topics in Neurosurgery, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1651-0_15
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