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Peripheral nerve block with a high concentration of tetracaine dissolved in bupivacaine for intractable post-herpetic itch: a case report

BACKGROUND: Post-herpetic itch (PHI) is a neuropathic itch syndrome following herpes zoster. It has been reported that PHI is occasionally sufficiently severe to compromise patients’ quality of life and frequently refractory to treatment. Here, we present a case of severe chronic PHI successfully tr...

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Autores principales: Yamanaka, Daiki, Kawano, Takashi, Shigematsu-Locatelli, Marie, Nishigaki, Atsushi, Kitamura, Sonoe, Aoyama, Bun, Tateiwa, Hiroki, Kitaoka, Noriko, Yokoyama, Masataka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5813738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29492438
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40981-016-0069-y