Journal article
Anterior cingulotomy improves malignant mesothelioma pain and dyspnoea.
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BACKGROUND: Bilateral anterior cingulotomy is a palliative procedure occasionally used for cancer pain, and human studies suggest anterior cingulate cortex is active in dyspnoeic states. OBJECTIVES: A case of debilitating thoracic wall pain due to malignant mesothelioma relieved by bilateral anterior cingulotomy is described and changes in dyspnoea investigated. RESULTS: Improvements in pain, dyspnoea and the extent to which either symptom bothered the patient was seen for 2 months after surg...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Publisher:
- Informa Healthcare
- Journal:
- British journal of neurosurgery
- Volume:
- 28
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 471-474
- Publication date:
- 2014-08-01
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- EISSN:
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1360-046X
- ISSN:
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0268-8697
- Source identifiers:
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438918
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- Language:
- English
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- pubs:438918
- Deposit date:
- 2013-12-12
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- Copyright date:
- 2014
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