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Case Reports
. 1987 Mar;79(3):305-11.

The Infusaid pump in the management of intractable cancer pain

D D Bryant 3rd, R L DeWitty Jr, G C Dennis
Case Reports

The Infusaid pump in the management of intractable cancer pain

D D Bryant 3rd et al. J Natl Med Assoc. 1987 Mar.

Abstract

At Howard University Hospital, nine terminally ill cancer patients with chronic pain have been treated with continuous intrathecal infusion of morphine delivered by the implantable Infusaid pump. The case of a patient treated at Howard University Hospital with this method of pain management is presented. Following Infusaid pump insertion, the patient lived for 22 months and obtained substantial relief of his cancer pain with no adverse side effects.

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