Cochrane Review: Sympathetic nerve blocks for persistent pain in adults with inoperable abdominopelvic cancer

Zusammenfassung

# Sympathetic nerve blocks for persistent pain in adults with inoperable abdominopelvic cancer. ## BACKGROUND Persistent visceral pain is an unpleasant sensation coming from one or more organs within the body. Visceral pain is a common symptom in those with advanced cancer. Interventional procedures, such as neurolytic sympathetic nerve blocks, have been suggested as additional treatments that may play a part in optimising pain management for individuals with this condition. ## OBJECTIVES To

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language restrictions on 19 October 2022 and ran a top-up search on 31 October 2023: CENTRAL; MEDLINE via Ovid; Embase via Ovid; LILACS. We searched trial registers without language restrictions on 2 November 2022: ClinicalTrials.gov; WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP). We ...

elvic pain from inoperable malignancies in adults to standard care or placebo. ## DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS We independently selected trials based on predefined inclusion criteria, resolving any differences via adjudication with a third review author. We used a random-effects model as some hete...

teen studies with a total of 951 participants contributed to the quantitative analysis. Single block versus standard care Primary outcomes No included studies reported our primary outcome, 'Proportion of participants reporting no worse than mild pain after treatment at 14 days'. The evidence is very...

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