Pain physician
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Implication of Two Different Doses of Intradiscal Ozone-Oxygen Injection upon the Pain Alleviation in Patients with Low Back Pain: A Randomized, Single-Blind Study.
Low back pain (LBP) is mostly induced by disc herniation (DH) or degeneration and has a burden upon social activity and economical aspects of life. An abundance of medical and surgical interventions have evolved to resolve this problem, but one of the newly introduced techniques, which is the minimally invasive, low cost ozone-oxygen mixture (O₃-O₂) intradiscal injection, offers a rapid onset amelioration of symptoms with a sustained duration of pain relief. ⋯ Low back pain, ozone, disc herniation.
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Meta Analysis
Characteristics of the Middle Cervical Sympathetic Ganglion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Understanding the characteristics of the middle cervical sympathetic ganglion (MCSG) may minimize procedure-related complications and maximize efficacy during surgery or ultrasound (US)-guided procedures. The location and detection rate of the MCSG were variable in small population studies. Therefore, a large population study or meta-analysis could give more information about the MCSG. ⋯ Middle cervical sympathetic ganglion, cervical sympathetic trunk, cervical sympathetic chain, ultrasound, nerve block, ethanol ablation, radiofrequency ablation, thyroid, Horner syndrome, meta-analysis.
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Clinical Trial
The Effect of Caudal Epidural Pulsed Radiofrequency Stimulation in Patients with Refractory Chronic Idiopathic Axonal Polyneuropathy.
Many patients with chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy (CIAP) suffer from neuropathic pain, which is managed using several oral medications and modalities. However, despite these treatments, pain persists in some patients. ⋯ Pulsed radiofrequency, chronic idiopathic axonal neuropathy, caudal epidural stimulation, neuropathic pain chronic pain, refractory pain.
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Insufficient cement distribution (ICD) in the fractured area has been advocated to be responsible for unsatisfied pain relief after percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs). However, little is known about risk factors for the occurrence of ICD. ⋯ Percutaneous vertebroplasty, insufficient cement distribution, fractured area, risk factor, osteoporosis, vertebral compression fracture, spine, unsatisfied pain relief, cement augmentation.
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Several studies in recent years have confirmed that the direct application of pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) on peripheral nerve compression points can alleviate hyperalgesia in animal models of neuropathic pain (NP). However, the mechanism underlying the treatment of peripheral nerves by PRF is unclear. ⋯ Pulsed radiofrequency, chronic constriction injury, sciatic nerve, 50% paw withdrawal threshold, thermal withdrawal latency, glia cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.