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Extended duration pulsed radiofrequency for the management of refractory meralgia paresthetica: a series of five cases

Meralgia paresthetica (MP) is a sensory mononeuropathy, caused by compression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) of thigh. Patients refractory to conservative management are treated with various interventional procedures. We report the first use of extended duration (8 minutes) pulsed rad...

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Autores principales: Ghai, Babita, Dhiman, Deepanshu, Loganathan, Sekar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Pain Society 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6037806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30013736
http://dx.doi.org/10.3344/kjp.2018.31.3.215
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description Meralgia paresthetica (MP) is a sensory mononeuropathy, caused by compression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) of thigh. Patients refractory to conservative management are treated with various interventional procedures. We report the first use of extended duration (8 minutes) pulsed radiofrequency of the LFCN in a case series of five patients with refractory MP. Four patients had follow up for 1–2 years, and one had 6 months follow up. All patients reported remarkable and long lasting symptom relief and an increase in daily life activities. Three patients came off medications and two patients required minimal doses of neuropathic medications. No complications were observed.
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spelling pubmed-60378062018-07-16 Extended duration pulsed radiofrequency for the management of refractory meralgia paresthetica: a series of five cases Ghai, Babita Dhiman, Deepanshu Loganathan, Sekar Korean J Pain Case Report Meralgia paresthetica (MP) is a sensory mononeuropathy, caused by compression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) of thigh. Patients refractory to conservative management are treated with various interventional procedures. We report the first use of extended duration (8 minutes) pulsed radiofrequency of the LFCN in a case series of five patients with refractory MP. Four patients had follow up for 1–2 years, and one had 6 months follow up. All patients reported remarkable and long lasting symptom relief and an increase in daily life activities. Three patients came off medications and two patients required minimal doses of neuropathic medications. No complications were observed. The Korean Pain Society 2018-07 2018-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6037806/ /pubmed/30013736 http://dx.doi.org/10.3344/kjp.2018.31.3.215 Text en Copyright © The Korean Pain Society, 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Extended duration pulsed radiofrequency for the management of refractory meralgia paresthetica: a series of five cases
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title_fullStr Extended duration pulsed radiofrequency for the management of refractory meralgia paresthetica: a series of five cases
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title_short Extended duration pulsed radiofrequency for the management of refractory meralgia paresthetica: a series of five cases
title_sort extended duration pulsed radiofrequency for the management of refractory meralgia paresthetica: a series of five cases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6037806/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3344/kjp.2018.31.3.215
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