The Practical Paraplegic

The following is from: “Spinal Cord Injury and the Family: A New Guide” by Michelle J. Alpert, M. D. and Saul Wisnia.
“In the 1980s another procedure, the dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) ablation , was recommended for treating severe spinal cord injury pain, since it essentially destroyed the nerve cells that were thought to be [...]

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“The health care systems in those countries work and the people we talked with are very satisfied.” — Evan Bell outside the Icardo Center
Congressman McCarthy’s Town Hall Meeting, August 26.

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