Respiratory function after unilateral percutaneous cervical cordotomy

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 459-463

  Price, Cathy ^a,b   Pounder, Derek ^a   Jackson, Mark ^a   Rogers, Peter ^a   Neville, Edmund ^a  

^a PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Cordotomy; Lung cancer; Lung function; Mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDOTOMY; DISEASE CONTROL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037404650     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(03)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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