Articles: neuralgia.
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Rhizolysis has been regarded as a controversial, but safe, procedure for the treatment of back pain. A case of a neuralgia-like pain syndrome resulting from transection of the lateral branches of the lumbar dorsal rami during rhizolysis is reported. The anatomy of the lumbar lateral branches is described, and their vulnerability is discussed. Attention is drawn to the likelihood of this complication with the use of rhizolysis in the vicinity of cutaneous branches of the dorsal rami
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Comparative Study
The management of postherpetic neuralgia with chlorprothixene.
Sixteen patients with established postherpetic pain were treated with chlorprothixene. Several other pain problems were simultaneously treated. Chlorprothixene was found to produce a favorable pain response in most patients with postherpetic pain while failing to be of value in other clinical pain problems. Chlorprothixene may be a satisfactory drug for the control of spinal or ophthalmic postherpetic pain.
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Ann Med Interne (Paris) · Jan 1981
[The use of electrical transcutaneous nerve stimulations in chronic pain. Method and preliminary results in 28 cases (author's transl)].
The analgesic effect of conventional transcutaneous nerve stimulation has been studied in 29 patients, all having a chronic pain caused by peripheral neurological disease. As already reported in the literature half of patients were improved on a short-term basis. ⋯ Nine out of ten patients suffering for less than one year were satisfactorily improved. This suggests that transcutaneous stimulations should be used as early as possible after the onset of neurological pain.