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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 1980;9(2): 395-400. |
| Percutaneous Radiofrequency Cervical Cordotomy on the Intractable Pain. |
| Young Soo Kim, Sang Sup Chung, Kyu Chang Lee, Hun Jae Lee |
| Department of Neurosurgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. |
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Sixty percutaneous radiofrequency cervical cordotomies were carried out in 47 patients with intractable pain from April 1973 to the end of 1978. Nintyseven % of the operations was recorded as excellent result. Complications were bladder dysfunction of 18%, which improved within about 2 weeks, except a case, and motor weakness of 15%, which improved within about 3 weeks except a case. Patients who developed postoperative respiratory difficulty already had impaired respiratory function before the operation due to the lung cancer. In conclusion percutaneous cervical radiofrequency cordotomy allows easy, efficient and low-risk relief of intractable pain with a short period of hospitalization. |
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