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Meaning of "cordotomy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CORDOTOMY

cordotomy  [kɔːˈdɒtəmɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CORDOTOMY

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Cordotomy is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CORDOTOMY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cordotomy

Cordotomy

Cordotomy is a surgical procedure that disables selected pain-conducting tracts in the spinal cord, in order to achieve loss of pain and temperature perception. This procedure is commonly performed on patients experiencing severe pain due to cancer or other diseases for which there is currently no cure. Anterolateral cordotomy is effective for relieving unilateral, somatic pain while bilateral cordotomies may be required for visceral or bilateral pain. Cordotomy is usually done percutaneously with fluoroscopic guidance while the patient is under local anesthesia. Open cordotomy, which requires a laminectomy, is often risky for patients with poor medical conditions, but may be required if percutaneous cordotomy is not feasible or an attempt has failed. Cordotomy is now used exclusively for pain due to cancer where treatment to level 3 of the World Health Organisation pain ladder has proved ineffective. Cordotomy is especially indicated for pain due to asbestos-related cancers such as pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma. Although cordotomy is effective in the relief of pain, the effect is usually temporary. Dysesthesia develops after most cordotomies.

Definition of cordotomy in the English dictionary

The definition of cordotomy in the dictionary is a method of pain relief in which nerves in the spinal cord are cut.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CORDOTOMY


amniotomy
ˌæmnɪˈɒtəmɪ
chordotomy
kɔːˈdɒtəmɪ
craniotomy
ˌkreɪnɪˈɒtəmɪ
dichotomy
daɪˈkɒtəmɪ
episiotomy
əˌpiːzɪˈɒtəmɪ
iridotomy
ˌɪrɪˈdɒtəmɪ
keratotomy
ˌkɛrəˈtɒtəmɪ
laparotomy
ˌlæpəˈrɒtəmɪ
lithotomy
lɪˈθɒtəmɪ
lobotomy
ləʊˈbɒtəmɪ
myringotomy
ˌmɪrɪŋˈɡɒtəmɪ
osteotomy
ˌɒstɪˈɒtəmɪ
phlebotomy
flɪˈbɒtəmɪ
rhizotomy
raɪˈzɒtəmɪ
stereotomy
ˌstɛrɪˈɒtəmɪ
tenotomy
təˈnɒtəmɪ
thoracotomy
ˌθɔːrəˈkɒtəmɪ
tracheotomy
ˌtrækɪˈɒtəmɪ
trichotomy
traɪˈkɒtəmɪ
vagotomy
væˈɡɒtəmɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CORDOTOMY

cordite
cordless
cordless telephone
cordlike
cordocenteses
cordocentesis
cordon
cordon bleu
cordon sanitaire
cordonnet
Cordova
cordovan
cords
corduroy
corduroy road
corduroys
cordwain
cordwainer
cordwainery
cordwood

WORDS THAT END LIKE CORDOTOMY

anatomy
arteriotomy
autotomy
cephalotomy
costotomy
cystotomy
enterotomy
gastrotomy
herniotomy
hysterotomy
leucotomy
microtomy
oncotomy
ovariotomy
rachiotomy
radial keratotomy
scotomy
symphyseotomy
symphysiotomy
syringotomy
varicotomy

Synonyms and antonyms of cordotomy in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «cordotomy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CORDOTOMY

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The translations of cordotomy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cordotomy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cordotomy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cordotomía
570 millions of speakers

English

cordotomy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cordotomy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قطع النخاع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

cordotomy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cordotomia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cordotomy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cordotomie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kordotomi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Chordotomie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

脊髄切断術
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cordotomy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cordotomy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cordotomy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cordotomy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉरर्डोमी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kordotominin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cordotomia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cordotomy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

cordotomy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cordotomy
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

cordotomy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cordotomy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cordotomy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cordotomy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cordotomy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CORDOTOMY»

The term «cordotomy» is used very little and occupies the 159.197 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CORDOTOMY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cordotomy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORDOTOMY»

Discover the use of cordotomy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cordotomy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques: Spine and Peripheral Nerves
Although bilateral spinal cordotomy has been performed in these patients, it runs the risk of motor weakness involving the extremities or the bladder and sexual function. Because the pain and temperature fibers decussate in the midline, ...
Richard Glenn Fessler, Laligam N. Sekhar, 2011
2
Practical Pain Management
allodynia may respond to cordotomy but less predictably than the conditions listed previously. Location of the pain is another important consideration. A properly performed high cervical percutaneous cordotomy will reliably produce analgesia ...
C. David Tollison, John R. Satterthwaite, Joseph W. Tollison, 2002
3
Surgical Management of Pain
The goal of anterolateral cordotomy is to create a lesion in the contralateral spinothalamic tract to interrupt a nocicep- tive input caudal to the source of the pain. Because of the multiple levels of entry of afferent fibers in the dorsal horn, ...
Kim J. Burchiel, 2011
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DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles & ...
Cordotomy, either percutaneous or open, is the most common neuroablative procedure used to manage cancer pain.191 It is the neurosurgical procedure of choice for patients with unilateral pain below the waist and with a relatively short life ...
Vincent T. DeVita, Theodore S. Lawrence, Steven A. Rosenberg, 2008
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Operative Neuromodulation: Volume 1: Functional ...
Cordotomy Cordotomy refers to lesioning or interrupting the lateral spinothalamic tract (LST) located in the anterolateral quadrant of the spinal cord. Historically, surgery was performed in the upper thoracic spine using an open posterior ...
Damianos E. Sakas, Brian Simpson, Elliot S. Krames, 2007
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Topics in Palliative Care
cordotomy. Percutaneous cervical cordotomy has been performed in our unit since 1979. A detailed analysis of the results of the first 253 patients was reported in 1993. u Our experience, now based on the care of 400 patients managed by ...
Russell K. Portenoy, Eduardo Bruera, 1998
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Current Therapy in Pain
The most significant complication of unilateral cordotomy is ipsilateral leg weakness due to damage of nearby corticospinal fibers. Other complications include meningitis and postcordotomy dysesthesias (10%-15%). It is difficult, if not ...
Howard S. Smith, 2008
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Evidence-based Interventional Pain Practice: According to ...
Treatment options Cordotomy The effects of cordotomy on patients have been described in one nonrandomized study and a number of observational studies. A study comparing cordotomy with subarachnoid phenol found that both techniques ...
Jan Van Zundert, Jacob Patijn, Craig Hartrick, 2011
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Cousins and Bridenbaugh's Neural Blockade in Clinical ...
Percutaneous cordotomy. Lateral radiograph of neck during percutaneous cordotomy. A contrast medium [arrow ) lies on the anterior cord margin. The ventral root line and dorsal dura are well outlined. The electrode tip is impaling the cord at ...
Michael J. Cousins, 2012
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Handbook of Pain and Palliative Care: Biobehavioral ...
However, the success rate of cordotomy falls steadily over the course of months to years, and in time analgesia resulting from the procedure may be replaced with postcordotomy dysesthesias (Sanders and Zuurmond 1995). In one reported  ...
Rhonda J. Moore, 2012

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CORDOTOMY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cordotomy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bilateral vocal fold immobility: a 13 year review of etiologies …
Twenty-one patients underwent endoscopic arytenoidectomy/cordotomy. Non-operative management included home continuous positive ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jun 15»
2
Clinical Review: Neuropathic pain
Ablative procedures may sometimes be offered, such as cordotomy for cancer pain and chemical sympathectomy for vascular pain. «GP online, Apr 15»
3
Managing the Difficult Pain Case: Case 5
A cordotomy under computed tomography (CT) guidance, which involves contralateral radiofrequency ablation of the spinothalamic tract at C1 and C2, could be ... «Pain Medicine News, Dec 14»
4
A Guide to Mesothelioma
... who have not been responding to conventional pain relief may respond to an alternative treatment called Percutaneous Spinal Cordotomy. «Access Legal from Shoosmiths, Jul 12»
5
Pain Control is Focus of Allan Basbaum's Research Career
This procedure, called a cordotomy, often proved disastrous. Even in modern times physicians often have been thwarted in their efforts to ... «UCSF Today, May 12»
6
OxyNorm Dispersa
Do not administer 6 hours before cordotomy/other pain relieving surgery. Discontinue gradually. Driving/using machines. Contains sucrose. «Irish Medical Times, Nov 10»
7
NP couple sues over botched throat surgery
In January 2009, Ogren performed a tracheostomy and laser cordotomy on Barbara Peterson. The suit said a few days later she experienced ... «North Platte Bulletin, Dec 09»

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