Rev. Soc. Esp. Dolor. 2020; 27(4): 273-277 / DOI: 10.20986/resed.2020.3818/2020
Iván H. Salazar, Rocha Romero, Juan Pablo Revelo, Andrés E. Mora
ABSTRACT
Chronic abdominal pain of benign origin can be disabling and significantly reduces the quality of life of some patients. Common treatment includes the chronic use of opioids that have also been linked with causing different sources of pain, so alternative pharmacological treatments should be considered instead.
However, when these are not effective, insufficient, or cause intolerable adverse effects, interventional pain management should be considered. In this field, the inhibition of splanchnic nerves, which is a technique that can be used to control cancer pain, could play an important role in the treatment of chronic pain of benign origin, despite the lack of solid evidence in its applicability.
As far as we know, it is the first time that this procedure has been performed in Ecuador and this report suggests that it can offer positive results even after the effect of the drugs used has ended.
RESUMEN
El dolor abdominal crónico de origen benigno puede ser incapacitante y disminuye significativamente la calidad de vida de algunos pacientes. Para su tratamiento es usual el uso crónico de opioides que se han asociado a originar otras fuentes de dolor, por lo que deberían sopesar tratamientos farmacológicos alternativos.
Sin embargo, cuando estos no son efectivos, insuficientes u ocasionan efectos adversos intolerables, el manejo intervencionista del dolor debería considerarse. En este campo la inhibición de los nervios esplácnicos que es una técnica que puede ser empleada para el control del dolor oncológico, podría jugar un papel importante a pesar de que aún no cuenta con evidencia sólida de su aplicabilidad en tratar el dolor crónico de origen benigno.
Hasta donde sabemos, en el Ecuador es la primera vez que se realiza este procedimiento y el presente informe sugiere que puede ofrecer buenos resultados, incluso después de terminado el efecto de los fármacos utilizados.
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