[Chronic low back pain and lumbar rhizotomy].

Spinal rhizotomy could be used for relief of chronic low back pain, in 287 selected patients suffering from facet joints. The procedure involves placing an electrode on close proximity to the posterior articular nerves to allow destruction by coagulation.

[Carotid sinus syndrome. Contribution of arterial pressure monitoring to intracavitary electrophysiological exploration].

A prospective study based on intracavitary electrophysiological exploration coupled with invasive arterial pressure monitoring was conducted in 245 patients aged 70.2 +/- 13 years who had experienced syncopes and/or lipothymias of uncertain origin. The study showed that 63 patients (25.