Intrathecal Pain Pump for Pediatric Perverse Oncological Pain

Abstract

Uncontrolled cancer pain poses a discouraging and depressing obstacle for teens and their families in a hospice or palliative care environment. The majority of cancer pain is thought to be more neuropathic and often does not respond well to enteral opioids (Bengali, Huang, & Gular, 2014). Chronic pain in children can impact their social and psychological development. Managing intractable pain in pediatric cancer patient despite advances in treatment and understanding biological, psychological, and sociocultural processes is a challenge (Kim, Gamble, Schwartz, & Cucchiaro, 2018).