Initial clinical experience with the SKY epidural catheter
| Autor: | Kathi Henrickson, Barbara St. Marie, Samuel K. Yue |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Narcotics medicine.medical_specialty Pain relief Pain Catheters Indwelling medicine Humans Catheter removal Prospective Studies General Nursing Aged Pain Measurement Aged 80 and over business.industry Chronic pain Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Analgesia Epidural Epidural catheter Catheter Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Anesthesia Female Neurology (clinical) Implant Complication business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of pain and symptom management. 6(3) |
| ISSN: | 0885-3924 |
| Popis: | The new SKY epidural catheter was evaluated, based upon information collected about implant and use of 53 catheters by 51 patients. Catheters were used to treat chronic pain of a malignant ( n = 25) and nonmalignant ( n = 28) origin. Of 3450 treatment days, 89% occurred at home. Mean catheter use far malignant and nonmalignant conditions were 58.6 and 76.3 days/patient, respectively. Visual analogue pain scores in the first wk after implant indicated 79% of patients achieved good to excellent pain relief. Clinical impressions indicated this group achieved substantial long-term pain relief. No serious complications were observed. Two types of leakage required removing 5 catheters, prompting changes that eliminated subsequent leakages of both types. Accidental patient retraction and subcutaneous infection each required a catheter removal. No subarachnoid or epidural infections occurred. The SKY catheter proved to be safe and reliable. Therapy was cost-effective, since patients achieved substantial pain relief while treated at home. |
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