Continuous Intraventricular Morphine Infusion for Control of Pain in Terminal Cancer Patients

말기 암성통증 환자의 통증제거를 위한 지속적 뇌실내 몰핀 주입

The author experienced of four patients with intractable pain who were treated by continuous intraventricular infusion of morphine through an implanted port system. One suffered from tongue cancer and the others from bone metastasis or distant metatasis of abdominal cancer which were ineffectively to managed through an epidural route. Our experience is that this is a safe and effective method of pain management in patients with head and neck cancer. It is useful as well in patients who have intractable pain that cannot be managed through an intrathecal or epidural route.