Cancer cancer pain
Conditions
Interventions
early sympathectomy
late sympathectomy
Sponsors
it is own work for the authors
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients were suffering from visceral pain originating from in-operable abdominal or pelvic cancer reporting VAS from 40 to 70 after failure of non- opioids analgesics (1st step of WHO analgesic ladder), which had been histologically and radiologically proven. Pain localized to upper abdomen or pelvic region and described by patients as deep not superficial.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients had INR >1.5 or platelet count <50,000. infection at the site of needle entry, persistent hypotension, ascites whom had received previous neurolytic block or had psychiatric illness were excluded from the study. Patient was excluded if he/she developed a new type of pain as somatic or neuropathic pain at any stage of the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| VAS, total daily analgesic consumption | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| quality of life Questionnaire (QLQ- C30) | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Public ContactHatem Abd el fatah
Assistant lecturer
Outcome results
None listed