ReviewActa clinica Croatica2022
PALLIATIVE TREATMENT OF INTRACTABLE CANCER PAIN.
Review in Acta clinica Croatica, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- The Technologies, Applicability, and Trade-Offs of AI in Palliative Care for Older Adults: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- A Retrospective Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Thoracic Sympathetic Block: A Three-Year Experience.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Postoperative pain score and infection risk in lung cancer resection: a propensity score-matching study.American journal of translational research · 2026Article
- Breaking Through Cancer Pain: From Single-Drug Management to Multimodal Analgesia.Pain research & management · 2026Review
- Precision and safety advantages of ultrasound-guided nerve blocks in geriatric anesthesia: current status and future prospects.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Successful analgesic treatment with continuous sacral epidural ethanol injection therapy for anal pain caused by multiple metastases of malignant pheochromocytoma.JA clinical reports · 2024Article
- Advances in the use of local anesthetic extended-release systems in pain management.Drug delivery · 2024Review
- Dexmedetomidine Combined With Patient-Controlled Analgesia for Palliative Sedation in Terminal-Stage Cancer Patients With Refractory Pain: A Retrospective Analysis of Nine Cases.Pain research & management · 2024Article
- A Case of Nerve Root Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation for Pain Due to Pleural Metastasis of Lung Cancer Leading to Improvement in the Patient's Quality of Life.Palliative medicine reports · 2023Article
- Interventional Nerve Procedures for Pain Related to Head-and-Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review.Indian journal of palliative careReview
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Abstract
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. Peripheral nerve blocks can be used when pain occurs in the territory of one or more peripheral nerves, but rarely as main therapy. Neuraxial analgesia is a valid option for progressive cancer pain, and healthcare possibilities and costs call into question the utility of intrathecal infusion pumps. Neurolysis is the targeted destruction of a nerve or nerve plexus, using chemicals, radiofrequency ablation (RFA), cryoablation, and neurosurgical procedures; however, it rarely completely eliminates pain because patients frequently experience coexisting somatic and neuropathic pain as well. Complex conditions of palliative patients along with limited high-quality randomized controlled trials limit the use of interventional procedures. Even so, some cancer patients benefit from interventional procedures to achieve pain alleviation and consequently improve quality of life.
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