Invasive Techniques for Pain Management

1996 ◽  
pp. 48-50
Author(s):  
F. Conno ◽  
A. Caraceni

2019 ◽  
pp. 223-237
Author(s):  
Amy Pearson ◽  
Jacqueline Weisbein ◽  
Enas Kandil

The use of invasive techniques for palliative pain management is growing, especially when conventional treatments fail. Often pain is improperly managed, even at end of life. Unfortunately, inadequate pain management can often prevent patients from receiving additional palliative therapies. This chapter discusses invasive approaches to pain management according to the mechanism of pain (somatic, visceral, and sympathetic), including the use of intrathecal drug delivery systems, kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty; sympathetic blocks including celiac plexus block and ganglion impar; and spinal cord ablative techniques including cordotomy, myelotomy, and dorsal root entry zone lesioning (DREZotomy). Future directions include less invasive techniques for modulating pain pathways without destroying neural tissue, namely by intradural or epidural spinal cord stimulation.



Pain Practice ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 632-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Canser ◽  
Blanca Martínez-Serrano ◽  
Azahara Sancho ◽  
Alberto Alonso-Babarro ◽  
Yolanda Vilches ◽  
...  




2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (13) ◽  
pp. 169-176
Author(s):  
Lisa M. Evangelista ◽  
James L. Coyle

Esophageal cancer is the sixth leading cause of death from cancer worldwide. Esophageal resection is the mainstay treatment for cancers of the esophagus. While curative, surgical resection may result in swallowing difficulties that require intervention from speech-language pathologists (SLPs). Minimally invasive surgical procedures for esophageal resection have aimed to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with more invasive techniques. Both intra-operative and post-operative complications, regardless of the surgical approach, can result in dysphagia. This article will review the epidemiological impact of esophageal cancers, operative complications resulting in dysphagia, and clinical assessment and management of dysphagia pertinent to esophageal resection.



Anaesthesia ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 56 (11) ◽  
pp. 1031-1033 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
The Real ◽  


2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 100703
Author(s):  
Shantanu Warhadpande ◽  
Stephanie L. Dybul ◽  
Minhaj S. Khaja


2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
KATE JOHNSON


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