Temporal Summation Predicts De Novo Contralateral Pain After Cordotomy in Patients With Refractory Cancer Pain.

Roi TreisterLiat HonigmanAssaf BergerBen CohenIsraa AsaadPora KupermanRotem TellemUri HochbergItamar Jalon

Published in: Neurosurgery (2022)

The development of contralateral pain in patients postcordotomy for cancer pain might be due to central sensitization. Temporal summation could serve as a potential screening tool to identify those who are most likely at risk to develop contralateral pain. Analysis of PCC affords a unique opportunity to investigate how a specific lesion to the nociceptive system affects pain processes.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
neuropathic pain
pain management
spinal cord
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