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Cervical epidural analgesia for a cancer child at home

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Veyckemans, Francis [UCL] Scholtes, Jean-Louis [UCL] Ninane, Jacques [UCL]

A cervical epidural catheter was placed in a 32-month-old girl suffering from painful bone metastases of a relapsing neuroblastoma in the left forearm. This therapeutic approach was chosen because oral morphine had failed to provide analgesia while producing intolerable side effects. The epidural injection of a mixture of morphine and bupivacaine provided complete analgesia with no side effects. This enabled the parents to take care of their child at home until the end, 35 days later.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche – Case Reports, Journal Article
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 1994
Language Anglais
Journal information "Medical and Pediatric Oncology" - Vol. 22, no. 1, p. 58-60 (1994)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher JohnWiley & Sons, Inc.
issn 0098-1532
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - (SLuc) Service d'anesthésiologie
UCL - MD/CHIR - Département de chirurgie
UCL - (SLuc) Service de neurochirurgie
MESH Subject Analgesia, Epidural - methods ; Bone Neoplasms - complications - secondary ; Catheters, Indwelling ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Morphine - administration & dosage ; Neck ; Neuroblastoma - secondary ; Pain, Intractable - drug therapy - etiology ; Radius
Keywords Cancer ; Bone metastases ; Neuroblastoma ; Pain ; Pediatric ; Neuropathic ; Morphine ; Bupivacaine ; Technique ; Cervical epidural catheter
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Bibliographic reference Veyckemans, Francis ; Scholtes, Jean-Louis ; Ninane, Jacques. Cervical epidural analgesia for a cancer child at home. In: Medical and Pediatric Oncology, Vol. 22, no. 1, p. 58-60 (1994)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/24587