Ultrasound Guided Continuous Sciatic Nerve Block for Acute Herpetic Neuralgia

Herpes Zoster (HZ) is the reactivation of a well-known viral disease which manifests itself with painful skin lesions. An effective analgesic method during the acute phase of HZ can contribute to decrease the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) by reducing neural sensitization. Sciatic nerve b...

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Autores principales: Bagaphou, Thierry C., Santonastaso, Domenico, Gargaglia, Eleonora, Norgiolini, Lucia, Tiburzi, Cinzia, Cristallini, Stefano, Cerotto, Vittorio, Gori, Fabio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6633869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31355011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7948282
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Sumario:Herpes Zoster (HZ) is the reactivation of a well-known viral disease which manifests itself with painful skin lesions. An effective analgesic method during the acute phase of HZ can contribute to decrease the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) by reducing neural sensitization. Sciatic nerve block (SNB) is useful in the management of distal lower extremity pain sustained by the sciatic nerve. We describe our experience with a continuous ultrasound guided subgluteus sciatic nerve block in a patient with herpetic neuralgia- (HN-) related refractory acute left leg pain.

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