“…The malignancies most commonly treated include pulmonary malignancies, mesothelioma, Pancoast tumors, gastrointestinal carcinoma, and metastatic carcinoma [7]. Cordotomy has also been performed to relieve pain from noncancer causes such as electrical burns, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, pancreatitis, vascular abnormality, spinal perineural cysts, postherpetic neuralgia, tuberculosis, phantom limb pain, cauda equina injury, radiculopathy, joint pain, arachnoiditis, unsuccessful back surgery, and gunshot trauma [7,9,39,40,41,42,43,44]. However, despite the unusual longevity of analgesia in our patient, we do not recommend percutaneous cordotomy for noncancer pain.…”