Cervical Cordotomy in Terminal Cancer: Pain Relieving in Oncological Treatment
Arq. bras. neurocir; 40 (1), 2021
Cordotomy consists in the discontinuation of the lateral spinothalamic tract (LST) in the
anterolateral quadrant of the spinal cord, which aims to reduce the transference of
nociceptive information in the dorsal horn of the gray matter of the spinal cord to the
somatosensory cortex. The main indication i...