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Punctate Midline Myelotomy: A Minimally Invasive Procedure for the Treatment of Pain in Inextirpable Abdominal and Pelvic Cancer  Dun Hong, MD, Åke Andrén-Sandberg,

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1 Punctate Midline Myelotomy: A Minimally Invasive Procedure for the Treatment of Pain in Inextirpable Abdominal and Pelvic Cancer  Dun Hong, MD, Åke Andrén-Sandberg, PhD, MD  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  Volume 33, Issue 1, Pages (January 2007) DOI: /j.jpainsymman Copyright © 2007 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Simplified scheme of three major ascending tracts of the spinal cord that conduct the visceral pain. A: dorsal column pathway; B: anterior spinothalamic pathway; and C: lateral spinothalamic pathway. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  , DOI: ( /j.jpainsymman ) Copyright © 2007 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Graphic illustration of the segments of the spinal cord that innervate abdominal and pelvic viscera 67 and the segment selected by different authors in the treatment of abdominal and pelvic visceral pain in patients with advanced cancer. Solid line: the segments of the spinal cord innervating different viscera. Dotted line: the spinal cord segment selected by the authors. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  , DOI: ( /j.jpainsymman ) Copyright © 2007 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions


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