Abstract
The article gives information about the way how the problem of pharmacoresistant neuropathic pain is solved. It presents the definitions of pharmacoresistant neuropathic pain, which makes it possible to accurately identify such patients and to plan tactics for their treatment. Intrathecal opioid analgesia has been used in clinic practice since 1979 and has gained a great popularity till now due to its high analgesic potency. The case of treatment of pharmacoresistant neuropathic pain syndrome of central origin in a patient who had spinal injury and stabilizing spinal surgery is presented. Conservative therapy for 3 years was considered to be ineffective and the patient was implanted with an intrathecal port for long-term opioid therapy. The follow-up period was 6 months. The effect of the procedure allowed the patient to abandon the massive drug therapy, as well as significantly improve the quality of life.
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