Abstract
Anterolateral spinal cordotomy can relieve certain kinds of pain, but its usefulness is severely limited by difficulty in performing the procedure, unreliability in relieving pain, and complications, which may be fatal. Because of these, which include postcordotomy dysesthesias, the procedure is limited to patients with terminal cancer. Even here, however, cordotomy should be reserved for those with intractable cancer pain that does not respond to intrathecal morphine or deep brain stimulation.
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Brisman, R. (1989). Anterolateral Spinal Cordotomy for Cancer Pain. In: Brisman, R. (eds) Neurosurgical and Medical Management of Pain: Trigeminal Neuralgia, Chronic Pain, and Cancer Pain. Topics in Neurosurgery, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1651-0_22
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