New pain relief though nerve cooling implant

26 July 2022 by Trevor Rowe

Healthcare

Guardian Science Correspondent NIcola Davis reports that a nerve-cooling implant could offer pain relief alternative to opioids.

The team behind the device at Northwestern University in Illinois say it could bring benefits for management of acute pain such as that experienced after amputations, nerve grafts or spinal decompression surgeries.

https://amp.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/30/nerve-cooling-implant-could-offer-pain-relief-alternative-to-opioids-say-researchers

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