title: Pain clinic in Goroka Base Hospital: a retrospective analysis.
abstract: Over a nine-month period in Goroka Base Hospital 310 patients with chronic pain were treated in the pain clinic. Disabling lower backache was the most common complaint, followed by myofascial disorders and cancer pain. Best results for the management of pain was observed in patients receiving intralesional steroids, followed by intercostal block and lumbar sympathetic block for abdominal malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Port Moresby General Hospital, Papua New Guinea.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Didei
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Oberoi
mesh_terms: D001340:Autonomic Nerve Block; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018710:Pain Clinics; D059408:Pain Management; D010219:Papua New Guinea; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D004561:Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation