ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2023
Pain in High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
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- The effect of acupressure on anxiety, depression, pain, and vital signs in gynecological cancer patients receiving brachytherapy: A randomized controlled study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Trial
- Pain management and analgesic strategies in patients with carcinoma uterine cervix undergoing intracavitary or interstitial brachytherapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Observational
- AI based sentiment analysis of online discussions related to cervical brachytherapy.Technical innovations & patient support in radiation oncology · 2025Article
- Efficacy and safety of the pudendal nerve block as a component of multimodal analgesia for cervical brachytherapy.Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2025Article
- Cancer Pain: Radiotherapy as a Double-Edged Sword.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Pain Prevalence and Satisfaction with Pain Management in Inpatients: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- "Emerging Topics in Pain Medicine": Advancing Research and Patient-Centered Health Strategies.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
High-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR) is part of the main treatment for locally advanced uterine cervical cancer. Our aim was to evaluate the incidence and intensity of pain and patients' satisfaction during HDR. Risk factors for suffering pain were also analyzed. A retrospective study was carried out by extracting data from patients who had received HDR treatment for five years. Postoperative analgesia had been administered using pre-established analgesic protocols for 48 h. Pain assessment was collected according to a protocol by the acute pain unit. Analgesic assessment was compared according to analgesic protocol administered, number of needles implanted, and type of anesthesia performed during the procedure. From 172 patients treated, data from 247 treatments were analyzed. Pain was considered moderate in 18.2% of the patients, and 43.3% of the patients required at least one analgesic rescue. Patients receiving major opioids reported worse pain control. No differences were found regarding the analgesic management according to the intraprocedural anesthesia used or the patients' characteristics. The number of inserted needles did not influence the postoperative analgesic assessment. Continuous intravenous infusion of tramadol and metamizole made peri-procedural pain during HDR mild in most cases. Many patients still suffered from moderate pain.
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