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We feel that in the management of moderate to severe pain or spasticity the subarachnoid phenol block is an effective and relatively simple therapeutic technique. The frequency of complications, though usually mild and transient, is closely associated with the concentration of phenol used. Performance of a series of phenol blocks, beginning with weak phenol concentrations, will permit the physician to titrate to the desired effect with a minimum of side-effects and complications. Patients are selected on the basis of severity of signs and symptoms, and failure to respond to more conservative measures.
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Cain, H. Subarachnoid phenol block in the treatment of pain and spasticity. Spinal Cord 3, 152–160 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1965.15
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