Cingulotomy for medically refractory cancer pain

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Viswanathan, Ashwin ^a   Harsh, Viraat ^a   Pereira, Erlick A C ^b   Aziz, Tipu Z ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ablative therapy; Cancer pain; Cingulotomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CINGULATE GYRUS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; NEOPLASM; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; COMPLICATION; NEOPLASMS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84884365566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.6.FOCUS13236     Document Type: Article

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