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spinal cordotomy

Indications: - chronic pain refractory to medical therapy Procedure: - any surgery on the spinal cord - usually done percutaneously with fluoroscopic guidance while under local anesthesia - open cordotomy requires a laminectomy Complications: - effect is usually temporary - dysesthesia is frequent

Related

vocal cordotomy

Specific

laminectomy with cordotomy myelotomy

General

neurosurgery

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Anterolateral Cordotomy (Spinal Tractotomy) http://painresearch.utah.edu/cancerpain/LS5.4.1.3.html
  3. Wikipedia: Cordotomy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordotomy