Intranasal sinus operation in palliative therapy in maxillary cancer patient – preliminary report

• Authors: Grzegorz Matyja , Jadwiga Kubrak , Krzysztof Woźniak , Anna Matyja

Abstracts

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The authors present a case of 64 years old woman treated with palliative radiotherapy due to maxillary sinus cancer – non-operative stage. The cancer-relative pain couldn’t be released after radiotherapy and with pain killers. She used NSAIDs and opioid drugs. Before chemiotherapy she was undertaken intranasal sinus operation as a palliative operation. Maxillary sinus was opened. The pain after operation diminished signifi cantly. She died 2 and a half months later, during chemiotherapy, but free of pain.

Keywords

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maxillary sinus cancer; cancer-related pain; endoscopic sinus surgery

• Journal: Otolaryngologia Polska
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 62(6)
• Pages: 791-793

Dates

published

2018-04-30

Contributors

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Grzegorz Matyja

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Jadwiga Kubrak

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Krzysztof Woźniak

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Anna Matyja