Peripheral subcutaneous stimulation for the treatment of intractable postherpetic neuralgia: Two case reports and literature review

Pain Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-229

  Kouroukli, Irene ^a   Neofytos, Dionissios ^c   Panaretou, Venetiana ^a   Zompolas, Vassilios ^b   Papastergiou, Dimitrios ^a   Sanidas, Georgios ^a   Papavassilopoulou, Theonymfi ^a   Georgiou, Loukas ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intractable postherpetic neuralgia; Percutaneuous field stimulation; Peripheral nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETAMETHASONE ACETATE; CODEINE; GABAPENTIN; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MEXILETINE; PREGABALIN; ROPIVACAINE; VENLAFAXINE;

AGED; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SKIN; SPINAL NERVES; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65449115616     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2009.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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