Percutaneous cervical cordotomy for the control of pain in patients with pleural mesothelioma
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Percutaneous cervical cordotomy for the control of pain in patients with pleural mesothelioma.
BACKGROUND Severe chest pain is common in mesothelioma. Percutaneous cervical cordotomy, which interrupts the spinothalamic tract at the C1/C2 level causing contralateral loss of pain sensation, is particularly appropriate in mesothelioma as the tumour is unilateral and systemic analgesia may be ineffective and is limited by harmful side effects. METHOD A retrospective review was performed to...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.54.3.238