The Korean Journal of Pain

The Korean Pain Society (대한통증학회)
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Effect of Psoas Compartment Block in Low Extremity Pain from Stomach Cancer - A case report -

위암 환자의 다리통증 치료를 위한 큰허리근 근구 차단술의 효과 - 1예 보고 -

  • Lee, Won-Ju (Department of Anesthesiology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) ;
  • Sung, Nak-Soon (Department of Anesthesiology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Chan (Department of Anesthesiology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine)
  • 이원주 (연세대학교 원주의과대학 마취과학교실) ;
  • 성낙순 (연세대학교 원주의과대학 마취과학교실) ;
  • 김찬 (연세대학교 원주의과대학 마취과학교실)
  • Published : 1992.05.23
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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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