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  • Title: The Infusaid pump in the management of intractable cancer pain.
    Author: Bryant DD, DeWitty RL, Dennis GC.
    Journal: J Natl Med Assoc; 1987 Mar; 79(3):305-11. PubMed ID: 3573060.
    Abstract:
    At Howard University Hospital, nine terminally ill cancer patients with chronic pain have been treated with continuous intrathecal infusion of morphine delivered by the implantable Infusaid pump. The case of a patient treated at Howard University Hospital with this method of pain management is presented. Following Infusaid pump insertion, the patient lived for 22 months and obtained substantial relief of his cancer pain with no adverse side effects.
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