Cordotomy For Relief Of Pain Research Articles

Neurosurgery Threshold for pain from anterolateral quadrant stimulation as a predictor of success of percutaneous cordotomy for relief of pain : J. Neurosurg., 43 (1975) 445–447

Neurosurgery Threshold for pain from anterolateral quadrant stimulation as a predictor of success of percutaneous cordotomy for relief of pain : J. Neurosurg., 43 (1975) 445–447

Threshold for pain from anterolateral quadrant stimulation as a predictor of success of percutaneous cordotomy for relief of pain.

A sensitive quantitative index for predicting optimal electrode position in percutaneous anterolateral cordotomy was determined by electrical stimulation through the lesioning electrode. If the threshold for pain elicited by the stimulation electrode was less than 300 muA, a 5-sec radiofrequency lesion of 50 mA would produce complete contralateral analgesia with no weakness. When the pain threshold exceeded 300 muA, incomplete or no analgesia would result with the standard single lesion. The results further suggested that the fibers in the anterolateral quadrant that transmit pain are discretely rather than diffusely localized.

Upper thoracic cordotomy for relief of pain; postmortem correlation of spinal incision with analgesic levels in 18 cases.

White, James C. M.D.; Richardson, Edward P. Jr. M.D.; Sweet, William H. M.D. Author Information

Cordotomy for relief of pain in incurable squamouscell carcinoma of the cervix uteri

Anterolateral spinothalamic tractotomy has been performed on 40 patients at the University of Minnesota Hospitals since Jan. 1, 1937, for relief of pain due to hopeless recurrent carcinoma of the cervix. Some of the clinical features of these cases are reviewed.It has proved to be remarkably effective in the relief of intractable pain. Undesirable side effects and, in particular, loss of urinary control were rarely produced.It is the method of choice in the therapy of intractable pain in recurrent or untreatable carcinoma of the cervix.

Cordotomy for Relief of Pain in the Genitourinary Tract

Cordotomy for Relief of Pain in the Genitourinary Tract