Background Despite increased attention paid to assessment and management, pain
continues to be a prevalent and undertreated symptom in patients with cancer. Intrathecal …

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This paper is the fortieth consecutive installment of the annual anthological review of
research concerning the endogenous opioid system, summarizing articles published during …

Objective Intrathecal (IT) drug delivery has shown its efficiency in treating refractory cancer
pain, but switching opioids from the systemic to the intrathecal route is a challenging phase …

Objectives Intrathecal drug delivery systems (IDDS) are an important method of pain control
for patients with refractory oncologic pain. Local anesthetics such as bupivacaine have been …

Background Epidural analgesia is a common technique for managing perioperative and
obstetric pain. Patients with cancer who cannot tolerate opioids or not responding to …

Background In cancer patients with limited life expectancy, an implant of an intrathecal (IT)
drug delivery system connected to a subcutaneous port (IDDS-SP) has been proposed as a …

Background Because of the high initial cost of intrathecal drug delivery (ITDD) therapy, this
study investigated the cost-effectiveness and cost–utility of ITDD therapy in refractory cancer …

Background Intrathecal infusion therapy is widely accepted for cancer pain patients when
conventional analgesic treatments are not sufficient. There are different types of devices for …

Objective: The article that follows is purposed at demonstrating how IT opioid plus
bupivacaine achieves sustained acceptable pain relief while simultaneously rapidly …