An anterolateral cordotomy relieving pain in right leg is effective because it interrupts the
Surgical procedure undeaken to relieve severe pain include cutting the nerve from the site of injury or ventrolateral cordotomy, in which the opposite side spinothalamic tracts are fully cut. Ref: Ganong&;s review of medical physiology;23rd edition; pg:177
Left dorsal column
Left ventral spinothalmic tract
Left lateral spinothalmic tract
Right lateral spinothalmic tract
Nervous system