TY - JOUR
T1 - Cancer pain relief using chronic morphine infusion. Early experience with a programmable implanted drug pump
AU - Penn, R. D.
AU - Paice, J. A.
AU - Gottschalk, W.
AU - Ivankovich, A. D.
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - Fourteen patients were implanted with drug pumps to provide chronic epidural or intrathecal morphine to relieve pain due to cancer. A new programmable pump was used in 7 of the patients and a constant infusion device was used in the other 7 patients. Results, judged by subjective pain reports (on a 0 to 10 scale), decrease in oral narcotics, and change in activity level, were excellent in 8 patients, good in 5 patients, and poor in one patient. The programmable device has the obvious advantage of being able to vary dose according to patient need and requires less frequent refilling. Four programmable pump failures occurred, two requiring replacement.
AB - Fourteen patients were implanted with drug pumps to provide chronic epidural or intrathecal morphine to relieve pain due to cancer. A new programmable pump was used in 7 of the patients and a constant infusion device was used in the other 7 patients. Results, judged by subjective pain reports (on a 0 to 10 scale), decrease in oral narcotics, and change in activity level, were excellent in 8 patients, good in 5 patients, and poor in one patient. The programmable device has the obvious advantage of being able to vary dose according to patient need and requires less frequent refilling. Four programmable pump failures occurred, two requiring replacement.
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U2 - 10.3171/jns.1984.61.2.0302
DO - 10.3171/jns.1984.61.2.0302
M3 - Article
C2 - 6204025
AN - SCOPUS:0021241222
SN - 0022-3085
VL - 61
SP - 302
EP - 306
JO - Journal of neurosurgery
JF - Journal of neurosurgery
IS - 2
ER -
