J Korean Pain Soc.
1988 Jun;1(1):59-63.
A Treatment for Intractable Pain
- Affiliations
-
- 1Department of Anesthesiology, Keimyung University, School of Medicine, Taegu, Korea.
Abstract
- Recently, epidural tunnelling was introduced for the convenience of keeping a catheter inserted for a long period of time. We had 15 cases in which used epidural tunnclling for the treatment of intractable pain mainly in teminal cancer patients. 1pidural puncture with cannulation was carried out in the same technique as used for epidural anesthesia. After the subcutaneous epidural tunnelling was done from the site of the epidural entry to the anterior chest, just under the skin using a tunnclling device, the catheter was threaded through the tunnelling needle at the site of the outlet, was fixed and the tip of the catheter was connected to a filter. Five ml (2 mg) of saline diluted morphine can be given at home as needed when intractable pain occurs. This long-term treatment of intractable pain by morphine injections through the epidural cannula place by subcutaneous tunnelling, is very convenient for the patient's daily routine and a better alternative in such a situation. Our technique, its advantages and problems were described in this paper.
- Full Text Links
-
- Actions
-
Cited
- CITED
-
- Close
- Share
-
- Similar articles
-
- Scrambler (Calmare) Therapy for Intractable Chronic Pain
- Intrathecal Phenol-glycerine Injection Therapy in Treatment of Intractable Cancer Pain
- Surgical Tratment of Intractable Head and Neck Pain
- Epidural Hypertonie Saline for Intractable Pain Associated with Malignancies
- A Treatment for Intractable Pain
