Palliative Treatment of Intractable Cancer Pain
Acta Clinica Croatica, 2022 In 10% to 30% cancer-pain cases standard analgesic therapy fails to provide effective pain relief. Interventional techniques, such as peripheral nerve blocks, neuraxial analgesia along with neurolytic blocks may be used for such refractory pain ...
Lidija Fumić Dunkić +2 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been reported to be associated with primary chronic pain syndromes, such as fibromyalgia, migraine, and chronic low back pain.
Satoshi Kasahara +9 more
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Assessment of the effectiveness of head only and back-of-the-head electrical stunning of chickens [PDF]
, 2016 The study assesses the effectiveness of reversible head-only and back-of-the-head electrical stunning of chickens using 130–950 mA per bird at 50 Hz ...
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Genitofemoral neuralgia : adding to the burden of chronic vulvar pain [PDF]
, 2015 The vulva is a particularly common locus of chronic pain with neuropathic characteristics that occurs in women of any age, though most women with neuropathic type chronic vulvar pain will remain undiagnosed even following multiple physician visits. Here,
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Occipital nerve stimulation for headache disorders [PDF]
, 2010 Occipital nerve stimulation (ONS) was originally described in the treatment of occipital neuralgia. However, the spectrum of possible indications has expanded in recent years to include primary headache disorders, such as migraine and cluster headaches ...
Bartsch, Thorsten, Paemeleire, Koen
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Scrotodynia successfully treated with botulinum toxin [PDF]
Surgical & Cosmetic DermatologyScrotodynia, or genital dysesthesia, is characterized by chronic scrotal pain lasting at least 3 months, with no identifiable etiology despite thorough investigation.
Taciana Dal'Forno +1 more
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Intravenous ketamine for subacute treatment of refractory chronic migraine: a case series. [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Refractory migraine is a challenging condition with great impact on health related quality of life. Intravenous (IV) ketamine has been previously used to treat various refractory pain conditions.
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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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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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