title: [Long-term results of thoracic chordotomies in the treatment of intractable pain in tumors of the pelvis].
abstract: In 38 patients a high thoracal cordotomy has been performed. All patients suffered from intractable pain due to malignant tumor in the basin. In all patients the follow-up extended till their death. Based on these results the indication for a cordotomy is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002818:Cordotomy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000601:surgery*; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Langzeitergebnisse thorakaler Chordotomien in der Behandlung unstillbarer Schmerzen bei Malignomen des kleinen Beckens.