Cervical Cordotomy in Terminal Cancer: Pain Relieving in Oncological Treatment

Cervical Cordotomy in Terminal Cancer: Pain Relieving in Oncological Treatment

Cordotomy consists in the discontinuation of the lateral spinothalamic tract (LST) in the anterolateral quadrant of the spinal cord, which aims to reduce the transference of nociceptive information in the dorsal horn of the gray matter of the spinal cord to the somatosensory cortex. The main indicat...

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Main Authors: Maria Clara Cardoso Seba, Henrique Nicola Santo Antonio Bernardo, Natally Marques Santiago Sarturi, Thania Gonzalez Rossi, Newton Maciel de Oliveira, Paulo Henrique Pires de Aguiar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2021-03-01
Series:Brazilian Neurosurgery
Subjects:
cordotomy
intractable pain
neoplasms
spinothalamic tracts
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1718425

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