Dissociation of Spinothalamic Modalities Following Anterolateral Cordotomy

Can J Neurol Sci. 2018 May;45(3):354-356. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2017.290. Epub 2018 Feb 1.

Authors

Manohar L Sharma¹, Kate Marley², Francis P McGlone³, Manish Gupta¹, Andrew G Marshall³

Affiliations

¹ 1Department of Pain Medicine,Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust,Liverpool,UK.
² 2Specialist Palliative Care Team,University Hospital Aintree,Liverpool,UK.
³ 3Research Centre for Brain & Behaviour,School of Natural Sciences & Psychology,Liverpool John Moores University,Liverpool,UK.

PMID: 29386077
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2017.290

No abstract available

Keywords: Pain; Palliative care; Percutaneous anterolateral cordotomy; Somatosensory; Spinal cord.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Cordotomy / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pain, Intractable / etiology*
Pain, Intractable / pathology
Postoperative Complications / pathology
Postoperative Complications / physiopathology*
Spinal Cord / surgery
Spinothalamic Tracts / physiopathology*