Cancer-related pain of the head and neck may be difficult to manage because of the rich innervation of the area and the presence of dynamic pain evoked by unavoidable movements such as talking, chewing, and swallowing. If conventional systemic analgesic therapy is found to be inadequate in ...
Puttanniah, V., Zininberg, E.V. (2019). Head and Neck Cancer Pain. In: Gulati, A., Puttanniah, V., Bruel, B., Rosenberg, W., Hung, J. (eds) Essentials of Interventional Cancer Pain Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99684-4_8 Download citation ....
Our study quantifies the effectiveness of perioperative pain control in a cohort of patients undergoing major head and neck surgery with free flap reconstruction. Our long-term goal is to improve pain control and thereby increase mobility, decrease posto
Head and neck (H&N) cancers account for about 5% of all malignant tumours. Pain is one of the most feared consequences of H&N neoplasms and is experienced by up to 80% of patients and worsens their quality of life inhibiting speaking, eating, drinking or swallowing. Nevertheless, pain is...
Head and neck cancer Pain management 1. Introduction Cancer has a major impact on society across all countries and ethnicities and is the second leading cause of death. Last year alone, over 1.6 million individuals were newly diagnosed with some form of cancer, with approximately 600,000 fataliti...
Effectiveness of Nerve Blocks for Management of Head and Neck Cancer Associated Neuropathic Pain Disorders; a Retrospective Study Introduction: A portion of patients with head and neck cancer (HNC)-associated pain may not experience relief in symptoms with non-invasive modalities. A nerve block is ...
research for head and neck cancer therapy is likely to be fruitful, especially in short-term studies in which QOL is the dominant end point, such as the examination of changes associated with surgery or chemoradiation during the first 6 months of treatment, pain management, and palliative care....
Management of head and neck cancer 来自 Elsevier 喜欢 0 阅读量: 35 作者: Rodney R. Million M.D., F.A.C.R 摘要: Malignancies arising in the head and neck area are heterogeneous diseases, each with its own natural history and prognosis. Cancer of the larynx, for example, has a ...
The treatment of medical disorders with the insertion of needles into various parts of the body originated thousands of years ago. The earliest acupuncture needles, small shards of stone, date to Neolithic times (8000–3500 BC). An ice age mummy discover
Background: Oral mucositis (OM) is a painful and debilitating side effect that affects 80%–100% of patients undergoing radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. This dose-limiting side effect may potentially lead to pain,dehydration,malnutrition,infection,and treatment breaks. Treatment breaks can...