[Management of pain in patient with inoperable sacral tumor: case report.].

Autor: Gasparini JR; Hospital Sarah Brasília., Saraiva RA
Jazyk: portugalština
Zdroj: Revista brasileira de anestesiologia [Rev Bras Anestesiol] 2004 Apr; Vol. 54 (2), pp. 252-60.
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-70942004000200013
Abstrakt: Background and Objectives: Different techniques may be used to control cancer pain. This report aimed at describing some therapeutic measures used to treat a patient with a severe and bad responsive pain.
Case Report: A 70-year-old male patient a sacral chordoma of very difficult therapeutic. He referred major tumor-associated pain. Several techniques used to treat pain of this patient and results obtained are reported.
Conclusions: Neurolytic block is an efficient technique to control pain in cancer patients who have no possibilities with standard treatment, especially when properly indicated and following well established routines.
Databáze: MEDLINE