High Cervical Percutaneous Cordotomy in Intractable Pain

The authors report on 200 cervical percutaneous cordotomies in 146 patients who were suffering from intractable pain. In order to assess the success rate and the incidence of relapse, the neurological findings immediately post-operatively were compared with the results of a later follow-up. The prospect of success in the treatment of pain appears to depend on the anatomical representation in the spino-thalamic tract of the region of the body which is involved. The incidence of complications and the mortality are compared with the observations of other authors and with the results of open cordotomy.

[1]  H. Rosomoff,et al.  Effects of percutaneous cervical cordotomy on pulmonary function. , 1969, Journal of neurosurgery.

[2]  H. Rosomoff.  Bilateral percutaneous cervical radiofrequency cordotomy. , 1969, Journal of neurosurgery.

[3]  S. Mullan.  Percutaneous cordotomy for pain. , 1969, Postgraduate medicine.

[4]  Y. Hosobuchi,et al.  Respiratory hazards of high cervical percutaneous cordotomy. , 1968, Journal of neurosurgery.

[5]  S. Mullan,et al.  Percutaneous, intramedullary cordotomy utilizing the unipolar anodal electrolytic lesion. , 1965, Journal of neurosurgery.

[6]  E. Mattmann.  [Percutaneous, high-cervical chordotomy in the treatment of symptomatic pain]. , 1972, Schweizer Archiv fur Neurologie, Neurochirurgie und Psychiatrie = Archives suisses de neurologie, neurochirurgie et de psychiatrie.