OPEN ANTERIOR CORDOTOMY AS A POSSIBLE TECHNIQUE FOR PAIN RELIEF IN CANCER PATIENT: AN EXPERIENCE WITH SEVEN CASES [PDF]
Acta Medica Iranica, 1996 Seven patients who had intractable pain of the pelvis and lower extremities were scheduled for cordotomy of the spinothalamic tracts after preliminary investigations.
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Role of Interventional Techniques in the Management of Cancer Pain
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care, 2023 Pain is the major cause of morbidity in cancer patients. Interventional techniques should be considered for the management of pain that is refractory to traditional analgesics or when patients are unable to tolerate opioids. Interventional techniques are
Abhishek Sharma +3 more
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Our Experience with Kashimas Procedure for Bilateral Abductor Vocal Cord Palsy [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2020 Introduction: Kashima operation, also known as endoscopic laser cordotomy is used for the treatment of bilateral abductor vocal cord palsy where the glottis chink is made posteriorly, sufficient enough for patient to breathe comfortably without any ...
Tabish Maqbool, Rauf Ahmed, Ihsan Ali
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Surgery for bilateral vocal fold paralysis: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 ObjectivesTo determine the decannulation rate (DR) and revision surgery rate after surgery for bilateral vocal fold paralysis (BVFP).Data SourcesFive databases (MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus) were searched for the period 1908–2020 ...
Kai Titulaer +2 more
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Treatment of Medically Refractory Cancer Pain with a Combination of Intrathecal Neuromodulation and Neurosurgical Ablation: Case Series and Literature Review [PDF]
, 2014 Objective Up to 90% of patients with advanced cancer experience intractable pain. For these patients, oral analgesics are the mainstay of therapy, often augmented with intrathecal drug delivery.
Bentley, J. Nicole +3 more
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Interventional Analgesic Management of Lung Cancer Pain [PDF]
, 2017 Lung cancer is one of the four most prevalent cancers worldwide. Comprehensive patient care includes not only adherence to clinical guidelines to control and when possible cure the disease but also appropriate symptom control.
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Idiopathic bilateral abductor cord palsy-can it be the cause of obstructive sleep apnea?
Sleep Medicine: X, 2023 We describe a case of 27 year old male who presented with history of breathing difficulty with episodes of apnea for 8 years. He was suspected to have obstructive sleep apnea and a nocturnal polysomnography showed Apnea-Hypopnea index of 34/hour and the ...
Roshan Verma, Reshma Raj
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SYSTEMS-2: a randomised phase II study of radiotherapy dose escalation for pain control in malignant pleural mesothelioma [PDF]
, 2018 SYSTEMS-2 is a randomised study of radiotherapy dose escalation for pain control in 112 patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Standard palliative (20Gy/5#) or dose escalated treatment (36Gy/6#) will be delivered using advanced radiotherapy ...
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Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 2019 Background/Aims: It was aimed to compare lateralization thyroplasty with laser cord wedge resection in terms of postoperative voice analysis, duration of hospital stay, tracheotomy rate, and decannulation time in patients with bilateral abductor vocal ...
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