LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Ultrasound-guided pericapsular nerve group and obturator nerve phenol neurolysis for refractory inpatient hip cancer metastasis pain: a case report

Pimenta, Marcio V; Nakamura, Amanda T; Ashmawi, Hazem A; Vieira, Joaquim E; Fernandes, Hermann dos Santos.

Braz. j. anesth; 74 (1), 2024

Abstract Introduction: Bone cancer metastasis may produce severe and refractory pain. It is often difficult to manage with systemic analgesics. Chemical neurolysis may be an effective alternative in terminally ill patients. Case report: Female terminally ill patient with hip metastasis of gastric cance...

Artralgia, Analgésicos, Dolor en Cáncer/tratamiento farmacológico, Nervio Femoral, Pacientes Internos, Neoplasias, Nervio Obturador, Dolor Intratable/tratamiento farmacológico, Dolor Intratable/etiología, Fenol, Fenoles/farmacología, Ultrasonografía Intervencional

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Treatment of radiation-induced brachial plexopathy with omentoplasty

Radiation-induced brachial plexus neuropathy (RIBPN) is a rare and delayed non-traumatic injury to the brachial plexus, which occurs following radiation therapy to the chest wall, neck, and/or axilla in previously treated patients with cancer. The incidence of RIBPN is more common in patients treated for...