Sudden loss of pain control with morphine pump due to catheter migration.
The use of implantable morphine pumps for the treatment of cancer pain is increasing. A sudden loss of previously adequate pain control should suggest pump malfunction. Pump revision should be considered, rather than automatically increasing oral analgesics. This case report details a rapid loss of pain control due to intraspinal catheter migration into the abdominal subcutaneous space.
D000368:Aged; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003082:Colectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009020:Morphine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy
D009020:Morphine