RFA is also increasingly used in the palliative treatment of painful metastatic bone disease in patients who are not eligible or do not respond to traditional therapies ( i . e . radiation therapy, chemotherapy, palliative surgery, bisphosphonates or analgesic medications ).
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Depending on the size and deterioration, age of the patient, and anaesthetic risk posed, subdural hematomas occasionally require craniotomy for evacuation; most frequently, simple burr holes for drainage; often conservative treatment; and rarely, palliative treatment in patients of extreme age or with no chance of recovery.
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While palliative care may seem to offer a broad range of services, the goals of palliative treatment are concrete : relief from suffering, treatment of pain and other distressing symptoms, psychological and spiritual care, a support system to help the individual live as actively as possible and a support system to sustain and rehabilitate the individual's family.
