Effect of Psoas Compartment Block in Low Extremity Neuropathic Cancer Pain: Three case reports.
10.4097/kjae.2003.45.5.668
- Author:
Eun Ju KIM
1
;
Sang Gon LEE
;
Jong Suk BAN
;
Byung Woo MIN
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea. kej710418@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
cancer;
neuropathic pain;
psoas compartment block
- MeSH:
Bupivacaine;
Extremities*;
Femur;
Fractures, Spontaneous;
Humans;
Leg;
Lumbosacral Plexus;
Neuralgia;
Triamcinolone
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2003;45(5):668-671
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Psoas compartment block is an excellent method of pain control due to tumor invasion of the lumbar plexus or a pathologic fracture of the femur. Three patients with advanced cancer complained of pain in their legs, and this was effectively blocked using a bupivacaine and triamcinolone psoas compartment block. The psoas compartment block is a useful procedure and can be of particular use in patients who have not responded to opiates or find the side-effects of opiates intolerable.
