[Is there currently a role for radical surgery of pain?].

Radical surgery of pain is destined for chronic and intolerable pain, resistant to causal treatment, and rebellious to the various medicinal therapeutics. Conventional neuro surgery by selective section of nociceptive fibers is very valuable for cancerous subjects with a limited life span. On the other hand, there has been skepticism concerning the real efficiency of neuro stimulation. The advance made in the knowledge of neurophysiologic and neurochemical mechanism of pain will allow a radical transformation as substitute for this invasive type surgery.