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A 9-year experience is presented in which stereotactic thalamic tractotomy was performed in a series of 165 cases suffering from intractable pain due to cancer. This operation is effective if there is strategic siting of a small and well-circumscribed lesion according to the type of pain involved, and correct selection of patients, with emphasis on the fact that the operation should be performed at an early stage and as a first-choice elective procedure.
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