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Percutaneous cervical cordotomy in cancer pain.
The aim of this study was to review all published articles in the literature in English regarding percutaneous cervical cordotomy in cancer pain. Percutaneous cordotomy may be used to relieve unilateral pain below the level of the neck arising from a variety of causes. It is particularly indicated for unilateral chest pain associated with malignant disease. We searched for reports on MEDLINE an...
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Because of metastatic pain resistant to medical treatment after left pneumonectomy for squamous cell carcinoma, a 46-year-old patient underwent a bilateral cervical cordotomy at the C1-C2 anterolateral level, in two phases. The second intervention was followed by severe ventilatory problems requiring mechanical ventilation, and at a later stage, the implantation of a phrenic pacemaker on the ri...
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AIM To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of computed tomography-guided high-level percutaneous selective cervical cordotomy (CT-guided HPSCC). MATERIAL AND METHODS CT-guided percutaneous procedures were performed in fifty-nine patients between the years 2004- 2013 for cancer pain. Forty-eight patients with cancer-related body pain were treated with CT-guided HPSCC was evaluated retrospect...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neurologia medico-chirurgica
سال: 1971
ISSN: 0470-8105,1349-8029
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.11.340