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Table 5 Number of home hospice physicians and oncologists who responded that they did not know interventional procedures

From: Availability of and factors related to interventional procedures for refractory pain in patients with cancer: a nationwide survey

 

Home hospice physicians (N=144)

Oncologists (N=399)

 

N

%

95% CI

N

%

95% CI

Celiac plexus neurolysis/splanchnic nerve neurolysis

11

7.6

3.9-13.3

52

13.0

3.9-13.3

Subarachnoid neurolytic block for perineal pain (phenol saddle block)

20

13.9

8.7-20.6

76

19.0

15.3-23.3

Epidural infusions of local anesthetic combined with opioids

5

3.5

1.1-7.9

26

6.5

4.3-9.4

Intrathecal analgesia

16

11.1

6.5-17.4

108

27.1

22.8-31.7

  1. CI Confidence interval