Oncological pain is usually progressive and enabling. One third of the patients under treatment and two thirds of the patients with advanced cancer refer to pain. Generally treatment starts with non-opioids analgesic medicines and other drugs, passing to opioids with a progressive increase of the doses and neurosurgical procedures when recommended. Percutaneous cervical cordotomy is a neurosurgery procedure to treat unilateral cancerpain, especially in extremities, which gives immediate relief and low morbidity. The nursing professional plays an indispensable role in the effectiveness of this treatment. For this reason the author decide to report on this experience.
pain clinics; cordotomy; nursing care