Services Provided:

The dept of Pain Medicine provides round the clock access to :

• A wide variety of pain medications tailored to individual patient needs while ensuring the utmost safety of the individual at all times
• Interventional Pain Procedures. In certain types of cancer pain, expertly placed injections near the pain generating nerves can result in a dramatic decrease in the severity of pain and reduce dependence on pain medicines. Nerve blockage is usually done by Chemical Neurolysis or Radiofrequency Ablation.

A few examples of the procedures performed are :

• Splanchnic Neurolysis for Pancreatic cancer,
• Ganglion Impar Neurolysis for lower rectal and perineal cancer pain.
• Lumbar Sympathectomy for lower limb pain.
• Superior Hypogastric Neurolysis for pelvic pain.
• Stellate ganglion, Sphenopalatine Ganglion, and Gasserian Ganglion blocks for head and neck cancer pain.
• Various types of peripheral nerve blocks like Intercostal blocks for chest wall pain,
• Suprascapular nerve block for shoulder pain.
• Genicular nerve block for knee pain, etc.
• Epidural and Spinal (Intrathecal) injections of pain medicine are used to treat widespread or difficult to treat pain.