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25 Apr 2009 ... Cordotomy (or chordotomy) is a surgical procedure that disables selected pain- conducting tracts in the spinal cord, in order to achieve loss ...
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Percutaneous Cordotomy—A Simplified Approach to the Management of ...
Cordotomy for palliation of intractable pain was simplified by the use of a stereotactic percutaneous technique. The procedure is performed at the high ...
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Bilateral percutaneous cervical cordotomy: immediate and long-term ...
Thirty-six patients with neoplastic disease suffering from chronic bilateral pain were subjected to bilateral percutaneous cervical cordotomy. ...
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Percutaneous cervical cordotomy for the control of pain in ...
Percutaneous cervical cordotomy, which interrupts the spinothalamic tract at the C1/C2 level causing contralateral loss of pain sensation, is particularly ...
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Percutaneous cervical cordotomy.
Mullan S, Hekmatpanah J, Dobben G, Beckman F. Percutaneous, intramedullary cordotomy utilizing the unipolar anodal electrolytic lesion. J Neurosurg. ...
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Long-term efficacy of surgical cordotomy in intractable non ...
Our results show that about 40% of patients who have cordotomies for non- malignant pain gain a prolonged and worthwhile period of relief, allowing a
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Percutaneous cervical cordotomy: results and complications in a ...
One hundred and twenty-two percutaneous cervical cordotomies were performed ... For selected patients with cancer pain, percutaneous cordotomy is the most ...
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Radiofrequency cordotomy for the relief of spasticity in ...
The effectiveness of radiofrequency (RF) cordotomy of segmental motoneurone pools of the lumbosacral cord in reducing spasticity of decerebrate cats is ...
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Upper Thoracic Cordotomy for Relief of Pain
Upper Thoracic Cordotomy for Relief of Pain *. Postmortem Correlation of Spinal Incision with Analgesic Levels in 18 Cases ...
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Computed tomography-guided percutaneous cordotomy for intractable ...
Cordotomy is one of the treatment choices in pain caused by malignancies localized unilaterally to the extremities as well as the thorax and the abdomen.
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