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Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Cancer Pain

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Cancer pain that is refractory to medical management can be exceedingly difficult to treat. Various surgical options exist including lesioning procedures and neuromodulation techniques. For intractable cancer-related pain that is neuropathic or even nociceptive in origin and localized to a specific dermatomal or focal region, peripheral nerve stimulation and subcutaneous peripheral nerve stimulation may provide additional benefit for patients. This review discusses potential indications for such forms of therapy as well as examples of technical approaches for each.

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  1. University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Jennifer A. Sweet

  2. Neurosurgery, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Nicholas M. Boulis

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Amitabh Gulati

  2. Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Vinay Puttanniah

  3. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Brian M. Bruel

  4. Midwest Neuroscience Institute, Center for the Relief of Pain, Kansas City, MO, USA

    William S. Rosenberg

  5. Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Joseph C. Hung

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Sweet, J.A., Boulis, N.M. (2019). Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Cancer Pain. In: Gulati, A., Puttanniah, V., Bruel, B., Rosenberg, W., Hung, J. (eds) Essentials of Interventional Cancer Pain Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99684-4_27

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