J Korean Pain Soc.
1992 May;5(1):113-116.
Effect of Psoas Compartment Block in Low Extremity Pain from Stomach Cancer: A case report
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- 1Department of Anesthesiology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
Abstract
- The psoas compartment block has been advocated as the technique of choice for the surgical correction of the fractured neck of the femur. It is, moreover, widely used as a technique for postoperative analgesia. This block has not been discribed in the treatment of pain in cancer patients unitl 1988. A 54-year-old woman with advanced stomach cancer complained of pain in the right leg. Psoas compartment block using bupivacaine and methylprednisolone; was effective for pain control. 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 intolerable.
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