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Dr Hitesh Patel is Consultant – Pain Management & Palliative Care he recieved his M.D. from B.J. Medical College Ahmedabad, Asia’s largest hospital, Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad. He earned his F.I.P.M. (Fellow In Pain Management) at Daradia Pain Hospital in Kolkata, which is affiliated with the Aesculap Academy in Germany. He received his C.C.P.P.M. (Certificate Course in Pain and Palliative Medicine) from Gujarat Cancer Research Institute Ahmedabad, the state’s largest cancer hospital.

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CANCER PAIN

  • 15 million new cases of cancer by 2021 – WHO.
  • 10 lacs new cancer patients every year.
  • 50% undergoing treatment and 90% with advanced cancer have pain.
  • 40% die with severe pain.
  • 60%-80%complains of inadequate pain relief by their physician.

What are the causes of Cancer Pain?

Due to cancer itself: 70%

  • Tumor infiltration.
  • Involvement of nerves/plexus.
  • Bony metastases

 

Due to therapy:30%.

  • Surgery.
  • Radiotherapy.
  • Chemotherapy.

 

Neurolysis

It is a procedure by which nerve fibre carrying nociception (pain sensation) is irreversibly destroyed to obtain permanent pain relief—using neurolytic agents: like phenol, alcohol, hypertonic saline, and glycerin. Other methods:

 

Advantages:

  • Longer duration of pain relief.
  • Inexpensive
  • Repeated visits to a pain clinic or hospital are not required.
  • A prolonged hospital stay is not required.
  • Patients can remain at home pain-free even where medical help is scarce.

Performed Interventions at our clinic

Advantages : -

  • COELIAC PLEXUS BLOCK -MALIGNANCY OF stomach, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidney, and GI tract up to splenic flexure, Chronic pancreatitis
  • STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK – for CRPS of upper limb
  • LUMBAR SYMPATHETIC BLOCK- for CRPS I AND II, Neuropathic pain, Lower Extremity vascular insufficiency, Painful diabetic neuropathy
  • TRIGEMINAL BLOCK- for Trigeminal Neuralgia
  • GANGLION IMPAR BLOCK- for Malignant perianal pain, Visceral pain
  • SUPERIOR HYPOGASTRIC BLOCK- for cancer bladder, urethra, uterus, vagina, vulva, perineum, prostate, penis, testes, rectum, and descending colon, Endometriosis, PID
  • CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL/INTRATHECAL CATHETERS
  • VERTEBROPLASTY- for Metastases, Osteoporosis, Osteogenesis imperfect, Multiple myeloma

Treatment

  • Cancer pain can be treated in 85-90%of cases by systemic pharmacotherapy.
  • Neurolysis:

           It is a procedure by which nerve fibre carrying nociception (pain sensation) is irreversibly destroyed to obtain permanent pain relief—using neurolytic agents: like                 phenol, alcohol, hypertonic saline, and glycerin. Other methods:

  1. Cryoneurolysis
  2. Radiofrequency Ablation
  3. Neurectomy.

 

  Advantages:

  1. Longer duration of pain relief.
  2. Inexpensive
  3. Repeated visits to a pain clinic or hospital are not required.
  4. A prolonged hospital stay is not required.
  5. Patients can remain at home pain-free even where medical help is scarce.
  • Radiofrequency ablation

Service Recipient Says

Ashfaq Khan

One of my friend was suffering from severe pain and he also has different health issues,then i suggested for DR. Hitesh patel now he has more relief by taking treatment from here. This dr. is perfect for Cancer Pain Management.

kunjan

Healthy Life Pain Management came along and blessed me with relief. I am finally back to my old self again with this medication!

Nidhi

I'm a runner and Healthy Life Pain Management provides me with the relief I need to run without pain. It has also helped my healing process after surgery. The foot and ankle pain is totally gone now and I can walk in complete comfort again.