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Stereotactic hypothalamotomy for the alleviation of pain in malignant tumors

Author(s) -

Fairman David

Publication year - 1973

Publication title -

journal of surgical oncology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201

H-Index - 111

eISSN - 1096-9098

pISSN - 0022-4790

DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930050202

Subject(s) - medicine , intractable pain , pain relief , surgery , anesthesia , pain syndrome , appetite

In this paper the results of hypothalamotomy in 12 cases out of our series of 155 consecutive thalamic tractotomies are discussed. Satisfactory relief of pain was obtained in 80% of the cases with no operative mortality and a 10% of reversible complications. The pain relief lasted for the complete period of survival. A marked increase of appetite was observed in six of the cases with a definite improvement of the cachectic syndrome. A working hypothesis is presented based on phylogenetic and neurophysiological experimental work.

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