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Microsurgical cordotomy in 20 patients with epi-/intradural fibrosis following operation for lumbar disc herniation

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Using an improved microsurgical technique, cordotomy was carried out by the cervicothoracic route in 20 patients with persistent radicular pain due to epi-/intradural fibrosis following operation for lumbar disc herniation. 65% of them had good long-term results with respect to radicular pain (follow-up period 6–132 months; mean 66 months). Permanent severe motor impairment was not observed. In patients with severe pain of benign organic origin microsurgical cordotomy can be considered as a “last resort”.

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Probst, C. Microsurgical cordotomy in 20 patients with epi-/intradural fibrosis following operation for lumbar disc herniation. Acta neurochir 107, 30–36 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01402609

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