title: Pain control following renal infarction/ablation using continuous epidural combined anesthesia/analgesia.
abstract: A technique for anesthesia during pre-nephrectomy renal infarction or ablation using standard epidural anesthesia procedures is described. Additionally, post-infarction analgesia using epidural meperidine is discussed. This technique has been used successfully in 8 patients undergoing infarction or ablation of renal adenocarcinoma and shows promise as an adjunct to standard analgesia in other patients undergoing radical surgical procedures.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000628:therapy*; D000698:Analgesia; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D002045:Bupivacaine; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D008614:Meperidine; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011343:Procaine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives
chemical_list: D011343:Procaine; C004616:chloroprocaine; D008614:Meperidine; D002045:Bupivacaine