TY - BOOK AU - Rasha Hosny Mohamed Gad Alla AU - Algohary Mousa Tantawy , AU - Ghada Mohamed Elawady , AU - Taher Saied Thabet , TI - Radiofrequency ablation of thoracic dorsal root ganglia in chronic malignant thoracic pain / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Rasha Hosny Mohamed Gad Alla , KW - Dorsal root ganglion KW - Opioids KW - Pulsed radiofrequency N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - National Cancer Institute - Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Relief; Issued also as CD N2 - The aim of this prospective randomized study was to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of lesioning of dorsal root ganglion by pulsed radiofrequency in treatment of malignant thoracic pain. Sixty-four patients scheduled for pain management were divided randomly into two equal groups; 32 patients each, group {u2160} was managed with pulsed radiofrequency to dorsal root ganglia in thoracic region, group {u2161} was managed by pharmacological therapy to control pain UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -