Integrated approach to pain management for a patient with multiple bone metastases of uterine cervical cancer

Background Pain management for multiple bone metastases is complex and often requires multidisciplinary treatment. We herein describe patient-centered multidisciplinary pain management for metastatic cancer.

CASE PRESENTATION: A 61-year-old woman with multiple bone metastases of uterine cervical cancer developed intractable low back pain. After external beam radiotherapy failed, we performed lumbar spinal intralesional curettage, pedicle screw fixation, and nerve decompression. However, the neuralgia persisted. We then percutaneously injected epirubicin into the intervertebral foramina under computed tomography guidance for L5 dorsal root ganglion destruction. Osteoplasty was performed under C-arm X-ray guidance; however, the sacrum was mistaken for the ilium, and treatment was ineffective. We administered zoledronic acid and strontium-89. The last resort was outpatient implantation of an epidural bupivacaine-morphine infusion system. A visual analog scale (VAS) was used for pain evaluation. Lumbar spinal intralesional curettage and fixation, epirubicin-induced ganglion destruction, and administration of zoledronic acid and strontium-89 decreased her VAS pain score from 7-8 to 3-4. Radiotherapy and nerve decompression and release were ineffective, as was osteoplasty because of the location error. The epidural infusion system decreased the VAS score from 7-8 to 2-3 and was highly efficient. Conclusions Multidisciplinary integrated treatment for metastatic cancer can be effective.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:46

Enthalten in:

The Journal of international medical research - 46(2018), 5 vom: 10. Mai, Seite 2023-2030

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Qin, De-An [VerfasserIn]
Song, Jie-Fu [VerfasserIn]
Song, Li-Ping [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Gui-Sheng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3Z8479ZZ5X
Bone metastasis
Comparative Study
Epidural infusion system
Epirubicin
Integrated palliative treatment
Journal Article
Osteoplasty
Uterine cervical cancer

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Date Completed 24.09.2018

Date Revised 31.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/0300060518763709

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM282130233