Treatment of medically refractory cancer pain with a combination of intrathecal neuromodulation and neurosurgical ablation: Case series and literature review

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1488-1495

  Bentley, J Nicole ^a   Viswanathan, Ashwin ^b,c   Rosenberg, William S ^c,d   Patil, Parag G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Cancer Pain Research Consortium   (United States)

^d Center for the Relief of Pain Midwest Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Cancer Pain; Intrathecal; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABLATION THERAPY; ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PAIN; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORDOTOMY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACTABLE PAIN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL ABLATION; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN SEVERITY; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PELVIC PAIN; PLEURA METASTASIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINE METASTASIS; THORAX PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT BEARING; BONE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; INFUSION PUMP; INTESTINE TUMOR; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECTUM TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; THORAX TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; BUPIVACAINE; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CORDOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROMORPHONE; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INFUSIONS, SPINAL; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84925946818     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12481     Document Type: Review

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