Denis Dupoiron, Florent Bienfait, Gabriel Carvajal, Valerie Seegers, Thomas Douillard, Sabrina Jubier-Hamon, Thierry Delorme, Arthur Julienne, Yves Marie Pluchon, Nicolas Ribault, Edmond Nader, Nathalie Lebrec
BACKGROUND: Intrathecal analgesia plays a key role for patients suffering refractory cancer pain. Nevertheless, intrathecal drug delivery systems (IDDS), requiring a cervical catheter tip implantation, have been poorly described in medical literature. AIMS: A monocentric retrospective follow-up study was designed to evaluate results of cervical IDDS for cancer pain. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From January 2010 to December 2022, all intrathecal-treated patients were prescribed a combined intrathecal analgesics regimen through a catheter placed in the cervical vertebral canal...
November 16, 2023: Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine