SHOULD CANCER PAIN STILL BE CONSIDERED A SEPARATE CATEGORY ALONGSIDE ACUTE PAIN AND CHRONIC NON-CANCER PAIN? REFLECTIONS ON ICD-11

Should cancer pain still be considered a separate category alongside acute pain and chronic non-cancer pain? Reflections on ICD-11

IntroductionTraditionally, cancer pain has often been viewed as an independent third major category in pain medicine alongside acute pain and chronic non-cancer pain.However, the new chronic pain category MG30 in the eleventh version of International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) includes cancer-related pain as one of its seven subgroups.In l

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Vein Patch Closure Using Below the Knee Greater Saphenous Vein for Femoral Endarterectomy Procedures is Not Always a Safe Choice

: Background: Handlebar Spacer The complication of vein patch rupture is well described after carotid patch angioplasty; however, there is a paucity of data about the safety of vein patch closure in the setting of femoral endarterectomy.Methods/results: From May 2012 to May 2015, 115 femoral endarterectomies with patch closure were performed.A patc

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Corneal tattooing on leukoma

The objective is to Tool Spares report a case about corneal tattooing on leukoma in PUC Campinas Hospital.It is a retrospective case report, about 64-year-old patient with corneal opacity of the left eye without visual acuity.The patient was not satisfied with the Foot Rest Cover esthetics of the leukoma and did not tolerate the use of a contact le

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