Cervical Cordotomy for Intractable Pain: Do Postoperative Imaging Features Correlate with Pain Outcomes and Mirror Pain?

Assaf Berger Moran Artzi O Aizenstein Tal Gonen R Tellem Uri Hochberg Dafna Ben Bashat Itamar Jalon

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2021)

Although a minimal ablation size is required during cordotomy, larger lesions do not indicate better outcomes. DWI metrics changes represent tissue damage after ablation and may correlate with pain outcomes.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
high resolution
type diabetes
spinal cord injury
radiofrequency ablation
mass spectrometry
skeletal muscle
glycemic control
contrast enhanced