Indian journal of palliative care
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Indian J Palliat Care · Sep 2010
Low cost continuous femoral nerve block for relief of acute severe cancer related pain due to pathological fracture femur.
Pathological fractures in cancer patient cause severe pain that is difficult to control pharmacologically. Even with good pain relief at rest, breakthrough and incident pain can be unmanageable. ⋯ Continuous femoral nerve block was used as an efficient, cheap and safe method of pain relief for two of our patients with pathological fracture femur. This method was proved to be quite efficient in decreasing the fracture-related pain and improving the level of well being.