| 释义 |
anterolateral cordotomy an·ter·o·lat·er·al cor·dot·o·mydivision of the anterolateral quadrant of the spinal cord to section the spinothalamic tract. Synonym(s): anterolateral tractotomy, spinal tractotomy, spinothalamic cordotomyanterolateral cordotomy Spinothalamic tractomy Pain management A type of neuroablative procedure in which a lesion is created in the spinothalamic tract as a means of interrupting pain transmission; open cordotomies require laminectomies, but result in excellent analgesia and can be done in the thoracic region for leg pain. See Neuroablative procedure. |