title: Interventional procedures for cancer pain management.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe types of interventional medical procedures its rationale use and benefits for a population with cancer assisted at a private hospital in São Paulo.
  
  
  METHODS
  Quantitative and descriptive cross-sectional study using data from patients submitted to interventional procedures between 2007 and 2008. We used descriptive and inferential statistics (frequency, mean, and t-test) to analyze data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 137 patients were submitted to interventional procedures for pain and, out of this total, 14 mentioned cancer-related pain. The mean pain intensity was 7.1 before the procedure and 1.3 after it. Reduction in pain intensity was statistically significant in this population (t=9.09; p=0.001). In almost 70% of patients (n=10) a reduction of 50% of the consumption of opioid a month after the procedure was realized.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results are in accordance with the literature and support the efficacy of interventional procedures for several types of cancer pain.
authors: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors: Fabiola Peixoto
authors: FP
authors: Minson
authors: Fabrício Dias
authors: FD
authors: Assis
authors: Thais Kfouri
authors: TK
authors: Vanetti
authors: Jamir
authors: J
authors: Sardá Junior
authors: Wanessa Pereira
authors: WP
authors: Mateus
authors: Auro
authors: A
authors: Del Giglio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D061208:Pulsed Radiofrequency Treatment
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics