PAIN CLINIC IN GOROKA-BASE-HOSPITAL - A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS

Authors
DIDEI G OBEROI GS
Citation
G. Didei et Gs. Oberoi, PAIN CLINIC IN GOROKA-BASE-HOSPITAL - A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS, Papua New Guinea medical journal, 37(4), 1994, pp. 214-218
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine","Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Papua New Guinea medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00311480
Volume
37
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
214 - 218
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-1480(1994)37:4<214:PCIG-A>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Over a nine-month period in Goroka Base Hospital 310 patients with chr onic pain were treated in the pain clinic, Disabling lower backache wa s the most common complaint, followed by myofascial disorders and canc er pain, Best results for the management of pain were observed in pati ents receiving intralesional steroids, followed by intercostal block a nd lumbar sympathetic block for abdominal malignancies.