UMMS Affiliation
Department of Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation; School of Medicine
Publication Date
2019-02-22
Document Type
Poster
Disciplines
Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications | Health Services Administration | Neoplasms | Orthopedics | Pain Management | Palliative Care | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms | Psychological Phenomena and Processes | Rehabilitation and Therapy | Surgical Procedures, Operative | Women's Health
Abstract
Background: Cancer rehabilitation is a rapidly growing diverse field in physiatry. This case provides an example where rehabilitation physiatrists played a crucial role in the pain management, education, and rehabilitation before and after a palliative amputation. Due to her limited resources, both in her home country and in her local community, she could not access appropriate care that may have prevented the need for amputation. Though amputation is not generally accepted as the first line of treatment for pain, there have been several reports of palliative amputation in metastatic cancer patients. In particular, fore quarter amputations have been reported in metastatic breast cancer patients to manage pain and recurrent fractures.
Keywords
mucinous ovarian cancer, pain management, cancer rehabilitation, metastatic bone disease, palliative amputation, physiatry
Rights and Permissions
Copyright 2019 The Author(s)
DOI of Published Version
10.13028/1e4h-zp92
Journal/Book/Conference Title
2019 Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting
Repository Citation
Hall, Lauren M.; Reilly, Julia; Most, Mathew J.; and Baima, Jennifer, "No Woman is an Island -- Access to Care and Extreme Measures for Cancer Pain and Lymphedema: A Case Report" (2019). Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation Publications and Presentations. 189.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/ortho_pp/189
Included in
Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Commons, Health Services Administration Commons, Neoplasms Commons, Orthopedics Commons, Pain Management Commons, Palliative Care Commons, Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Commons, Psychological Phenomena and Processes Commons, Rehabilitation and Therapy Commons, Surgical Procedures, Operative Commons, Women's Health Commons
Comments
Poster presentation at the 2019 Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, Puerto Rico, February 19-23, 2019.
Lauren Hall is a medical student at UMass Medical School.