a surgical method of pain relief in which nerves in the spinal cord are cut
cordotomy in American English
(kɔrˈdɑtəmi)
nounWord forms: plural-mies
the surgical severance of certain nerve fibers of the spinal cord to alleviate intractable pain
Also: chordotomy
Word origin
[cord + -o- + -tomy]-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -tomy is a combining form meaning “cutting, incision” of an organ, “excision” of an object,as specified by the initial element (appendectomy; lithotomy); also occurring in abstract nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -tomous (dichotomy)
Examples of 'cordotomy' in a sentence
cordotomy
All patients underwent postoperative radiotherapy and six patients further underwent radiation cordotomy.
Toshitaka Seki, Kazutoshi Hida, Syunsuke Yano, Takeshi Aoyama, Izumi Koyanagi, KiyohiroHoukin 2015, 'Surgical Outcomes of High-Grade Spinal Cord Gliomas', Asian Spine Journalhttp://www.asianspinejournal.org/upload/pdf/asj-9-935.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Common clinical options for management include tracheostomy, arytenoidectomy and cordotomy.
Yike Li, Gaelyn Garrett, David Zealear 2017, 'Current Treatment Options for Bilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis: A State-of-the-Art Review',Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngologyhttp://www.e-ceo.org/upload/pdf/ceo-2017-00199.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Surgical treatment options include cordotomy or tracheostomy.
Van Hook CJ , Warner B , Taylor A , Gould J 2017, 'Medical image of the week: bilateral vocal cord paralysis', Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Carehttp://www.swjpcc.com/imaging/2017/8/16/medical-image-of-the-week-bilateral-vocal-cord-paralysis.html. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The present report describes a patient who was treated with a right-sided percutaneous cervical cordotomy for refractory cancer pain.
Jan J Meeuse, Arnoud CM Vervest, Johannes H van der Hoeven, An KL Reyners 2008, 'Five-Year Follow-Up of a Cordotomy', Pain Research and Managementhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/635197. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Respiratory autonomy was not obtained despite endoscopic laser cordotomy, corticosteroid therapy and nasal continuous positive airway pressure.
Camille Brotelande, Nicolas Leboucq, Mohamed Akkari, Thomas Roujeau, Massimo Di Maio,Christophe Milési, Michel Mondain, Charles Raybaud, Gilles Cambonie 2018, 'Isolated neonatal bilateral vocal cord paralysis revealing a unilateral medullarydefect: a case report', BMC Pediatricshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-018-1329-y. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Hyal-4 was observed around the injury site from 4 days after cordotomy and increased until after 5-6 weeks.
Yoshiyuki Tachi, Tetsuhito Okuda, Norio Kawahara, Nobuo Kato, Yasuhito Ishigaki, TadamiMatsumoto 2015, 'Expression of Hyaluronidase-4 in a Rat Spinal Cord Hemisection Model', Asian Spine Journalhttp://www.asianspinejournal.org/upload/pdf/asj-9-7.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We performed bilateral cordotomy only in two patients and unilateral cordotomy in the remaining 38 patients.
Salih Bakır, Ülkü Tuncer 2009, 'The outcome of unilateral endoscopic posterior cordotomy in bilateral abductor vocalcord paralysis', Dicle Medical Journalhttp://4181.indexcopernicus.com/fulltxt.php?ICID=893518. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)