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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Pulsed radiofrequency on dorsal root ganglia for chronic pain
Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2013 Objective: Evaluate clinical outcome of dorsal root ganglia (DRG) pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) treatment in neuropathic pain of patients with radiculopathy regarding improvement of pain and degree of patients’ satisfaction.
Luis Fernando Moura da Silva Junior +5 more
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Repetitive single subarachnoid injections for trial administration of the intrathecal morphine pump in patients with intractable non-cancer pain -A case report- [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2011 Since the early 1980s, the implantable intrathecal drug pump (ITDP) has been used increasingly to manage chronic pain. Prior to making a decision to implant an ITDP, trial administration of the intrathecal (IT) drug should be performed to estimate the ...
Jae-Woo Lee +5 more
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Rewilding: An emotional nature
Area, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Rewilding is an emotional subject. It inspires passions and argument in spades. As a form of conservation, rewilding offers exciting possibilities to address ecological crises but it is also a threat for many people, leading to dispute and impasse.
Sophie Wynne‐Jones
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Roux-en-Y longitudinal Pancreatico Jejunostomy for Pancreatic Calculi in Children
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal, 2011 Background: Pancreatic calculi is distinctly uncommon in children and usually present wit recurrent abdominal pain. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of longitudinal pancreatico-jejunostomy in relieving intractable abdominal pain in children with ...
AKM Zahid Hossain +2 more
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Journal of International Medical Research, 2021 Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has been used to treat sustained pain that is intractable despite various types of treatment. However, conventional tonic waveform SCS has not shown promising outcomes for spinal cord injury (SCI) or postamputation pain. The
Kuen Su Lee +4 more
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Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for patients with depression. Thought-provoking remarks [PDF]
, 2020 Euthanasia and medical assistance in dying entail daunting ethical and moral challenges, in addition to a host of medical and clinical issues, which are further complicated in cases of patients whose decision-making skills have been negatively affected ...
Bersani, G +3 more
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Multiple myeloma with intractable lumbar pain and diagnostic challenge with MRI: A case report
Radiology Case Reports, 2021 We present a 63-year-old male patient with intractable bone pain and rapidly progressive osteoporosis, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma (MM) by CT despite normal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings.
Min Jae Myung, MD +4 more
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Neurosurgical Focus, 2016 OBJECTIVE Spinal cord stimulators (SCSs) appear to be safe and efficacious for chronic intractable back pain. Although there are many reports on percutaneous SCSs, there are very few studies on outcomes of paddle lead SCSs. In addition, the predictors of
S. Bir +4 more
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Ketamine Use for Successful Resolution of Post-ERCP Acute Pancreatitis Abdominal Pain
Case Reports in Anesthesiology, 2017 We report a case in which a patient with intractable pain secondary to post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) acute pancreatitis is successfully treated with a subanesthetic ketamine infusion.
Suneel M. Agerwala +2 more
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