Encyclopedia of Pain

2013 Edition
| Editors: Gerald F. Gebhart, Robert F. Schmidt

Rhizotomy

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28753-4_201939

Definition

Destruction of a nerve root within the subarachnoid space, such as dorsal rhizotomy in which the dorsal roots of the spinal cord are severed.

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