Commissural myelotomy in the treatment of intractable visceral pain: Technique and outcomes

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 374-382

  Viswanathan, Ashwin ^a,b   Burton, Allen W ^a   Rekito, Andy ^b   McCutcheon, Ian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commissural; Myelotomy; Pain; Visceral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMISSURAL MYELOTOMY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORDOTOMY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CORDOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERA;

EID: 77957781448     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319041     Document Type: Article

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