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14742968

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-4
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-1-26
pubmed:abstractText
Two or three decades ago, cancer pain was treated by surgical/chemical hypophysectomy. In one report, the control of central pain (thalamic pain syndrome) was also approached with chemical hypophysectomy. Although in most of the patients these treatments resulted in a decrease in severe pain, concomitantly severe adverse effects (panhypopituitarism, diabetes insipidus and visual dysfunction) occurred in most patients. This historical evidence prompted us to perform Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) for this kind of intractable severe pain using a high irradiation dose to the pituitary stalk/gland. In the majority of patients, marked pain relief was achieved, surprisingly without any of the complications mentioned above.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1011-6125
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2003 S. Karger AG, Basel
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
75-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of pituitary radiosurgery for the management of intractable pain and potential future applications.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. GKRmoto@aol.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Multicenter Study