J Korean Pain Soc.
1991 Nov;4(2):196-199.
Treatment of Malignant Sacral Pain by Radiofrequency Lesion Generator
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Anesthesiology, Kosin Medical College, Pusan, Korea.
Abstract
- Efforts from many different approaches have been made to manage malignant sacral pain that commonly occurs in cancers from pelvic origin. Radiofrequency thermocoagulation provides a safe method of achieving long standing relief of intractable pain without some of the objectable side effects associated with other forms of chemical or surgical therapy. Radiofrequency sacral rhizotomy is a new method for the relief of the sacrococcygeal pain. We report a case in which we managed a patient with malignant sacrococcygeal pain with radiofrequency thermocoagulation.