Postoperative MRI Evaluation of a Radiofrequency Cordotomy Lesion for Intractable Cancer Pain.

Aditya Vedantam Ping Hou T Linda Chi Kenneth R Hess Patrick M Dougherty Eduardo Bruera Ashwin Viswanathan

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2017)

We describe qualitative and quantitative characteristics of a cordotomy lesion on early postoperative MR imaging. The size and length of the lesion on MR imaging correlate with the number of pial penetrations. Larger studies are needed to further investigate the clinical correlates of MR imaging metrics after percutaneous cordotomy.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
patients undergoing
magnetic resonance
computed tomography
ultrasound guided
chronic pain
papillary thyroid
diffusion weighted imaging
high resolution
systematic review
neuropathic pain
squamous cell
young adults
radiofrequency ablation