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LOBOTOMY FOR INTRACTABLE PAIN [PDF]
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1949 Pain is a frequent symptom of disease or injury and in most instances may be relieved by the removal of the underlying cause or by the use of anesthetic agents or analgesic drugs, or it may be tolerated with fortitude and varying degrees of resignation by those who possess such qualities of temperament.
James L. Poppen, John B. Dynes
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The Clinical Journal of Pain, 1990
A retrospective survey of 1,661 patients seen over a 10-year period at a pain clinic yielded 55 patients with intractable neck pain as the presenting complaint. In 89% there was an industrial or motor vehicle accident as the precipitating event, 78% were involved in legal proceedings relating to the accident, and in 87% the pain radiated to neighboring
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A retrospective survey of 1,661 patients seen over a 10-year period at a pain clinic yielded 55 patients with intractable neck pain as the presenting complaint. In 89% there was an industrial or motor vehicle accident as the precipitating event, 78% were involved in legal proceedings relating to the accident, and in 87% the pain radiated to neighboring
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Gammathalamotomy in intractable pain
Acta Neurochirurgica, 1980Thalamotomy aiming at the CM-Pf complex and using stereotactic gamma irradiation has been performed in a series of 52 patients with severe pain due to malignancy. Lesions were produced either contra- or ipsilaterally to the side of the pain as well as bilaterally.
J. Boëthius +4 more
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British Journal of Oral Surgery, 1979
Case histories of 225 patients with intractable pain attending the Pain Clinic of a large metropolitan teaching hospital were retrospectively analysed. The 29 cases of intractable facial pain were investigated to determine if there were any clinical or historical factors which might indicate intractability and thus speed diagnosis of such cases in ...
E. Hallett +3 more
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Case histories of 225 patients with intractable pain attending the Pain Clinic of a large metropolitan teaching hospital were retrospectively analysed. The 29 cases of intractable facial pain were investigated to determine if there were any clinical or historical factors which might indicate intractability and thus speed diagnosis of such cases in ...
E. Hallett +3 more
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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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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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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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