Percutaneous cervical cordotomy for the control of pain in patients with pleural mesothelioma

Thorax

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 238-241

  Jackson, M B ^a,b   Pounder, D ^a   Price, C ^a   Matthews, A W ^a   Neville, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cordotomy; Pain control; Pleural mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORDOTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0032987297     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.54.3.238     Document Type: Article

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