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A person with intractable pain over the right leg is benefited by

A
Right spinothalamic tract cordotomy
B
Left Spinothalamic tract cordotomy
C
Right hemicordotomy
D
Left hemicordotomy
High-Yield Explanation
(B) Left Spinothalamic tract cordotomy > Spinothalamic tract Touch sensation is transmitted by ventral spinothalamic tract Pain and temperature pain are transmitted by lateral spinothalamic tract> Fibers of spinothalamic tract cross in the anterior commissure of the cord to the opposite> Hence intractable pain over the right leg is benefited by left spinothalamic tract cordotomy.> In anterolateral cordotomy, the spinothalamic tracts are carefully cut to relieve severe pain.

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