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Intrathecal Morphine Delivery at Prepontine Cistern to Control Refractory Cancer-related Pain: a Case Report of Extensive Metastatic and Refractory Cancer Pain by Qing Li; Yan-ling Long; Yun-wu He; Hui Long; Zhen-ping Xiao; Yong-lin Li; Wu-zhou Yang; Li-ping Jiang; Wei Gao; Cong Zou is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background Extensive metastatic and refractory cancer pain is common, and exhibits a dissatisfactory response to the conventional intrathecal infusion of opioid analgesics. ## Case Presentation The present study reports a case of an extensive metastatic esophageal cancer patient with severe intractable pain, who underwent translumbar subarachnoid puncture with intrathecal catheterization to the prepontine cistern. After continuous infusion of low-dose morphine, the pain was well-controlled with a decrease in the numeric rating scale (NRS) of pain score from 9 to 0, and the few adverse reactions to the treatment disappeared at a low dose of morphine. ## Conclusions The patient achieved a good quality of life during the one-month follow-up period.
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- Author
- Qing Li; Yan-ling Long; Yun-wu He; Hui Long; Zhen-ping Xiao; Yong-lin Li; Wu-zhou Yang; Li-ping Jiang; Wei Gao; Cong Zou
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Published
- 2024
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)