SEP 10, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Application of palliative tunneled patient-controlled epidural analgesia in children with refractory cancer-related visceral pain and breakthrough pain: case report
BMC Palliative Care
Single pediatric case report describing a novel application of tunneled epidural analgesia in terminal cancer pain; demonstrates feasibility and tolerability but lacks comparative data and generalizability.
Reported
VAS pain score before PCEA4–6
VAS pain score after PCEA (betwee…0–1
Breakthrough pain episodes per da…15–20