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  • Title: Experience with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for relief of intractable pain in cancer patients.
    Author: Avellanosa AM, West CR.
    Journal: J Med; 1982; 13(3):203-13. PubMed ID: 6983553.
    Abstract:
    Sixty patients with intractable cancer pain were subjected to transcutaneous electrical stimulation for pain control. Evaluation, after two weeks of treatment, revealed: 17 (28.3%) excellent response, 22 (36.2%) fair and 21 (35.0%) no relief. Re-assessment after 3 months revealed 9 (15%) excellent responses, 11 (18.3%) fair and 40 (67%) failures. Extremity and trunk pains appeared to be most rewarding to patient pain, so far as pain relief is concerned. Perineal and pelvic pains were most difficult to control, only 5 of 12 (41%) cases obtained some short term relief. Pain location and sources correlated with treatment results.
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