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Continuous sacral nerve root block in the management of neuropathic cancer pain
Jan H Vranken1, Marinus H Van Der Vegt, Leon H Ubags
1Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Relief Unit, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. j.h.vranken@amc.uva.nl
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|November 29, 2002
Abstract
Implications:
Neuropathic cancer pain caused by tumor infiltration in the sacral plexus is primarily treated by nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, and opioids. In one patient with severe pain despite pharmacotherapy, a catheter for the continuous administration of local anesthetics was inserted along the first sacral root, resulting in markedly improved analgesia.

