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Case Report

Retrograde Intrathecal Drug Delivery: A Report of Three Cases for the Management of Cancer-Related Sacropelvic Pain

Pages 149-154 | Received 19 Jun 2017, Accepted 09 Jun 2018, Published online: 27 Dec 2018
 

Abstract

We report three cases of sacral and pelvic pain resistant to oral medications successfully managed with intraspinal drug delivery through a catheter placed at the intrathecal sacral space to deliver low doses of bupivacaine and fentanyl with local effects.

Acknowledgement

The authors wish to thank the Louise and Alan Edwards Foundation for their generous and unconditional support to the MUHC Cancer Pain Program.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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