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Journal of neurosurgery · Feb 1982
Intrathecal and intraventricular morphine for pain in cancer patients: initial study.
Intractable pain in six cancer patients was treated with lumbar intrathecal morphine (two patients) and intraventricular morphine (four patients). Daily percutaneous injections of morphine through Ommaya reservoirs were made. ⋯ Morphine requirements gradually increased. Side effects were minimal, and there were no complications.
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The symptoms of dysphagia in patients with inoperable oesophageal strictures were palliated by endoscopic insertion of a new Celestin pulsion tube. There were no deaths associated with the tube insertion, and relief of dysphagia was excellent. The technique of insertion is described.