Flat-panel fluoroscopy O-arm-guided percutaneous radiofrequency cordotomy: A new technique for the treatment of unilateral cancer pain

Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Collins, Kelly L ^a   Patil, Parag G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cordotomy; Fluoroscopy; Operative technique; Radiofrequency ablation; Spinothalamic tract

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORDOTOMY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS RADIOFREQUENCY CORDOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME OF DEATH; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CORDOTOMY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; SPINAL CORD; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84874543905     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31827415e7     Document Type: Article

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