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Intractable pain and cordotomy
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2020I was interested in the national UK data on percutaneous cervical cordotomy for cancer-related pain.1 They affirm it is effective and early referrals should be considered, rather than analgesics which may be suboptimally effective but also have side effects.
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Intractable pain with lung cancer
Pain, 1987This study examines retrospectively the natural history, classification, clinical and pathological features and results of treatment of intractable pain associated with lung cancer in 221 patients. The 3 chief causes of malignancy-related pain were skeletal metastatic disease (34%), Pancoast's tumour (31%) and chest wall disease (21%), together ...
Ramon J. Evans, Peter N. Watson
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TREATMENT OF INTRACTABLE PAIN BY ACUPUNCTURE
Survey of Anesthesiology, 1973Abstract A series of eighteen well-documented cases of intractable pain, resistant to orthodox procedures, were treated by acupuncture. Most were relieved for varying periods, and six are described in detail.
Sampson Lipton +4 more
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Ventilatory response to intractable pain
Pain, 1981Fifty-two patients, admitted to a pain relief unit, had a cannula placed in the radial artery to measure the paO2, paCO2 and pH of arterial blood every 2 h, for periods ranging from 12 to 24 h. The patients were divided into 3 groups: 14 had low back pain, 21 patients had pain from cancer, and 17 had pain from other causes. Twenty were male and 32 were
John Lloyd, Chris Glynn, Simon Folkhard
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Medial thalamotomy using stereotactic radiosurgery for intractable pain: a systematic review
Neurosurgical review, 2021A. Franzini +9 more
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Anterior commissurotomy for intractable pain [PDF]
Journal of Neurosurgery, 1977 ✓ Anterior commissurotomy for the relief of intractable lower half and midline pain has been found to be a very satisfactory procedure in a small group of severely incapacitated patients. The presumed anatomic rationale for undertaking the procedure has not been confirmed by postoperative sensory examinations.
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Thalamotomy for Alleviation of Intractable Pain
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 197417 patients had thalamotomies for alleviation of pain due to malignancy since January, 1970. In 12 of them, thalamic electrodes were implanted through occipital burr holes for subsequent radiofrequency thalamotomies. In 4 cases, the lesions were made by the bifrontal approach and 1 case was approached from the left occipital and right frontal.
B. Konigsmark +2 more
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Neurosurgical treatments of intractable pain
Metabolism, 2010Intractable pain may require neurosurgical intervention. This review provides a critical update of neurosurgical techniques available to treat this condition. Neurosurgery can affect pain's pathways from the receptor up to the "centers" of its reception and perception, either by destroying or by stimulating them.
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Cingulotomy for Intractable Pain
2019Chronic pain is a common and often debilitating condition. This pain can be intractable to pharmacologic treatment, thereby necessitating non-pharmacologic approaches. Here we review anterior cingulotomy as a surgical solution to intractable chronic pain, from assessment and planning through the procedure and aftercare.
Patrick J. Hunt +3 more
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