Role of unilateral percutaneous cervical cordotomy in the treatment of neoplastic vertebral pain
| Autor: | Lorenzo Pacini, Alberto Ischia, Aldo Luzzani, Stefane Ischia |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Percutaneous Palliative care Narcotic medicine.medical_treatment Pain relief Postoperative Complications Quality of life Cordotomy Medicine Humans Rachis Spinal Neoplasms business.industry Palliative Care Follow up studies Surgery Pain Intractable Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Neurology Anesthesia Female Neurology (clinical) business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Pain. 19(2) |
| ISSN: | 0304-3959 |
| Popis: | The present study is a long-term report on 69 patients undergoing unilateral percutaneous cervical cordotomy for vertebral pain due to neoplastic bone metastases. The pain was unilateral or bilateral and was characterised by a chronic and/or an incident component. Seventy-one per cent (49/69) of the patients benefitted from the operation, obtaining complete, lasting pain relief or a reduced degree of pain, amenable to control by medication with narcotic or non-narcotic drugs. There was a survival Q(50%) of 5 months (S.E. = 1.6) with no pain and a satisfactory quality of life. |
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