Anesthésie, analgésie, réanimation
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Anesth Analg (Paris) · Jan 1979
Comparative Study[Comparative study about the analgesic effect of buprenorphine (author's transl)].
In that study we compared the analgesic effects of equianalgesic doses of buprenorphine and morphine taken as the narcotic of reference. The experiment has been undertaken in ten adults having severe cancer pain. The results have been analysed by statistical non parametric tests. We found that buprenorphine and morphine have the same pattern of action despite the fact that intramuscular buprenorphine has a clinical duration of approximately 9 hours.
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Anesth Analg (Paris) · Jan 1979
Comparative Study[Pain due to bone metastasis in hormonodependent cancer. Treatment by intrasellar injection of alcohol (author's transl)].
Pain due to bone metastasis in hormonodependent cancer (of the breast or the prostates more particularly) can be relieved by surgery directed at the endocrinic system. The most efficient techniques are hypophysectomies and hypophysiolysis (or neuroadenolysis). The intrasellar injection of alcohol through the transnasal-transsphenoidal route is a fairly simple procedure which can be carried out on such fragile patients without too much risk. ⋯ The duration of analgesia varies and pain frequently returns. One of the advantages of this procedure lies in the fact that such an injection may be repeated if necessary. The intrasellar injection of alcohol is but one of the many techniques available to practitioners working in the field of intractable pain.