Aǧrı : Ağrı (Algoloji) Derneği'nin Yayın organıdır = The journal of the Turkish Society of Algology
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Clinical Trial
[The role of pericranial muscles in the succesful management of episodic tension type headache].
Peripheral and central nociceptive mechanisms are responsible for the development of Tension Type Headache (TTH). Analgesics are frequently used in the treatment of acute TTH. Antidepressants are used in prevention. In this study, the therapeutic efficacy of local application of lidocaine was investigated in Episodic Tension Type Headache (ETTH) patients. ⋯ Local lidocaine application can be used as an effective method in the treatment of ETTH patients with pericranial tenderness.
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This study looks into the efficacy and safety of the transforaminal lumbar epidural steroid injection (TLESI) applied to patients with radiculopathy due to lumbar disk herniation. ⋯ It was seen that TLESI was an efficient and safe method in the short and medium term.
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Controlled Clinical Trial
[Comparison of bupivacaine and levobupivacaine with epidural technique for labor analgesia].
The labor pain is one of the most severe pains that a woman could ever be suffered. Today, many medical and psychological methods are used in an effort to reduce labor pain.Epidural analgesia is the best current method used for the purposes of obstetric analgesia. ⋯ In conclusion, with the usage of 0.125% bupivacaine or 0.125% levobupivacaine, sufficient labor analgesia is achieved with patient controlled epidural analgesia method at the same side effect frequency. Consequently, both local analgesic medicines are seemed to be safely used in labor analgesia.