Pulsed radiofrequency lesioning for treatment of chronic breast neuropathic pain after breast reduction -A case report-

Breast surgery is a common procedure performed in women. Many women who undergo breast surgery suffer from ill-defined pain syndromes. A nerve block is used in the treatment of the acute and chronic pain, but the effectiveness of the treatment has been limited because of its short duration. Recently...

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Autores principales: Kim, Hyung Tae, Kim, Kwang Yong, Kim, Yeon Dong, Moon, Hyun Seog
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3030046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21286450
http://dx.doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2010.59.S.S238
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Sumario:Breast surgery is a common procedure performed in women. Many women who undergo breast surgery suffer from ill-defined pain syndromes. A nerve block is used in the treatment of the acute and chronic pain, but the effectiveness of the treatment has been limited because of its short duration. Recently, the advent of pulsed radiofrequency lesioning (PRF) has proved a successful treatment for chronic refractory pain involving the peripheral nerves. We experienced a case of a 52-year-old female patient complaining of chronic breast neuropathic pain after breast reduction, which was relieved after PRF lesioning of the 4th thoracic spinal nerve and its root.

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