Revista española de anestesiología y reanimación
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · May 1992
[Experience with the Du Pen epidural catheter in chronic cancer pain].
We evaluate the results obtained with the use of Du Pen's epidural catheter in a series of patients with chronic oncologic pain. There were 27 patients with neoplasms of different etiologies who received a total number of 30 catheters. Inclusion criteria were established. ⋯ Twenty patients died. Mortality was not attributed to catheter complications in any case. The present study confirms that placement of the catheter is technically easy and provides an efficacious opiate analgesia with minimal complications.