Use of endoscopic transthoracic sympathicotomy in intractable postherpetic neuralgia of the chest

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 715-717

  Matsumoto, Isao ^a   Oda, Makoto ^b   Shintani, Hiromoto ^a  

^a Komatsu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic transthoracic sympathicotomy; Postherpetic neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC TRANSTHORACIC SYMPATHICOTOMY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; LASER; LONG TERM CARE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036037182     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.2.715     Document Type: Article

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