Palliative CT-Guided Cordotomy for Medically Intractable Pain in Patients with Cancer

Palliative cervical cordotomy can be performed via percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of the lateral C1–2 spinothalamic tract. This rare procedure can be safe, effective, and advantageous in mitigating medically intractable unilateral extremity pain for selected patients with end-stage cancer. Thi...

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Published in:AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
Main Authors: Shepherd, T.M., Hoch, M.J., Cohen, B.A., Bruno, M.T., Fieremans, E., Rosen, G., Pacione, D., Mogilner, A.Y.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society of Neuroradiology 2017
Subjects:
Spine
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7963834/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27811129
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4981
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