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Cervical Cordotomy for Intractable Pain: Do Postoperative Imaging Features Correlate with Pain Outcomes and Mirror Pain?

A. Berger, M. Artzi, O. Aizenstein, T. Gonen, R. Tellem, U. Hochberg, D. Ben-Bashat and I. Strauss
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2021, 42 (4) 794-800; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6999
A. Berger
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (A.B., I.S.)
gSackler School of Medicine (A.B., M.A., O.A., T.G., R.T., U.H., D.B.-B., I.S.), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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M. Artzi
bSagol Brain Institute (M.A., T.G, D.B.-B.)
gSackler School of Medicine (A.B., M.A., O.A., T.G., R.T., U.H., D.B.-B., I.S.), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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O. Aizenstein
cDepartment of Radiology (O.A.)
gSackler School of Medicine (A.B., M.A., O.A., T.G., R.T., U.H., D.B.-B., I.S.), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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T. Gonen
bSagol Brain Institute (M.A., T.G, D.B.-B.)
gSackler School of Medicine (A.B., M.A., O.A., T.G., R.T., U.H., D.B.-B., I.S.), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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R. Tellem
dThe Palliative Care Service (R.T.)
gSackler School of Medicine (A.B., M.A., O.A., T.G., R.T., U.H., D.B.-B., I.S.), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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U. Hochberg
eInstitute of Pain Medicine (U.H.)
fDivision of Anesthesiology, Tel Aviv Medical Center (U.H.), Tel Aviv, Israel
gSackler School of Medicine (A.B., M.A., O.A., T.G., R.T., U.H., D.B.-B., I.S.), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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D. Ben-Bashat
bSagol Brain Institute (M.A., T.G, D.B.-B.)
gSackler School of Medicine (A.B., M.A., O.A., T.G., R.T., U.H., D.B.-B., I.S.), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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I. Strauss
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (A.B., I.S.)
gSackler School of Medicine (A.B., M.A., O.A., T.G., R.T., U.H., D.B.-B., I.S.), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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A. Berger, M. Artzi, O. Aizenstein, T. Gonen, R. Tellem, U. Hochberg, D. Ben-Bashat, I. Strauss
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Apr 2021, 42 (4) 794-800; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6999
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