Ceasing intrathecal therapy in chronic non-cancer pain: an invitation to shift from biomedical focus to active management.

OBJECTIVE: To report long term experience (1997-2009) of intrathecal (IT) therapy for chronic non-cancer pain in the context of our team's increasing emphasis on active management. DESIGN: Descriptive case series. SETTING: Australian tertiary multidisciplinary pain center, Hunter Integrated Pai...

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Main Authors: Chris Hayes, Meredith S Jordan, Fiona J Hodson, Linda Ritchard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3493492?pdf=render