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Craig Hospital near Denver CO would bge the only ones I'd trust for this procedure on us SCI persons.
One can also call Craig hospital & they'll answer any Qs you may have ON ANYTHING. Charlotte is the nurse to speak to.
Lori
What advances are you making in the area of spinal cord injury pain?
In the course of my clinical neurosurgical practice over the past 13 years, I have learned a tremendous amount about the mechanisms of the pathophysiology of SCI pain and surgical interventions to alleviate SCI neuropathic pain. Some of the advances that we have made include the analysis and characterization of the electrical “signature” of normal SCI tissue, impaired tissue, dying tissue and dead tissue, and improvements in the Computer-Assisted Dorsal Root Entry Zone Microcoagulation procedure (CA- DREZ). I believe these foundations in pathophysiology are vital for many future surgical and pharmacological interventions in SCI.
How is the ProCord study going?
I am honored that Proneuron chose Craig to be the first U.S. trial site for Proneuron’s Phase II ProCord study, and I am proud to be the chief neurosurgeon at Craig for the study. FDA and IRB requirements prevent me from commenting on any clinical results, but I can say that I am pleased with what I am learning in the process about cellular interventions. Proneuron is about halfway through the trial and it is important that neurosurgeons and acute care SCI physicians continue to refer patients to Proneuron’s call center: 1-866-539-0767.
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Date: 07/21/05 12:46:15
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] DREZ procedure
I've heard of it. It's to help eliminate pain for spinal injuries and other problems that result from irregular spinal fluid flow. It is where they make lesions on your spinal cord and this corrects the condition in some miraculous way that they can't explain. I wouldn't do it, but I'm not you. I think I'd want to talk to someone who had been through it recently. Acupuncture of the spinal cord with an electrically heated probe.hmmm? Good Luck.
john
In a message dated 7/21/2005 9:33:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
has anyone here had the DREZ procedure done for pain relief?
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