neuroablative procedure
neuroablative procedure
Pain management A general term for any neurosurgical procedure used to relieve pain–especially CA-related refractory to lesser forms of therapy–eg, analgesics, opiates, and either nonneurolytic or neurolytic nerve blocks. Cf Analgesic ladder, Nerve block, Neurolytic block, Nonneurolytic block.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.