Endoscopic-guided percutaneous radiofrequency cordotomy: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 524-527

  Fonoff, Erich Talamoni ^a   De Oliveira, Ywzhe Sifuentes Almeida ^a   Lopez, William Omar Contreras ^a   Alho, Eduardo Joaquim Lopes ^a   Lara, Nilton Alves ^a   Teixeira, Manoel Jacobsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cancer; Pain; Percutaneous cordotomy; Radiofrequency; Spinal cord; Spinal endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARACHNOID; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CORDOTOMY; DERMATOME; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SPINAL CORD; THORAX PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CERVICAL SPINE; ELECTRODE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PROCEDURES; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TIME;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CORDOTOMY; ELECTRODES; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; RADIO WAVES; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956924084     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.4.JNS091779     Document Type: Article

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