Abstract

RAMIREZ, Lizeth Jazmín; SANTACRUZ, Juan Guillermo  and  ARTEAGA, Carlos. Epidural analgesia in chronic refractory oncologic pain. Acta Med Colomb [online]. 2011, vol.36, n.1, pp.36-37. ISSN 0120-2448.

Adequate management of pain is an important goal in cancer patients undergoing end-of-life palliative treatment and symptom management. However, adequate pain control is not always easy, and it is not uncommon for patients to face up to severe pain despite a multimodal treatment including the use and rotation of opiates as analgesic strategy. Invasive analgesic procedures such as infusion of local anesthetics and opiates through an epidural catheter can be a therapeutic strategy for the management of these patients with refractory chronic cancer pain, and must be considered in special cases (Acta Med Colomb 2011; 36: 36-37).

Keywords : palliative care; pain; analgesia; epidural; pain; medical oncology.

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