Korean J Anesthesiol.
1987 Dec;20(6):808-813. 10.4097/kjae.1987.20.6.808.
Clinical study on the Management of Postherpetic Neuralgia
- Affiliations
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- 1Division of Pain Clinic, Department of Anesthesiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Kwang-ju, Korea.
- KMID: 2090500
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.1987.20.6.808
Abstract
- This study analyzed the effects of treatment by stellate ganglion block, epidural block and intercostal block on 34 patients suffering from herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia at the Division of Pain Clinic, Department of Anesthesiology, Chonnam National University Hospital during the last two years. 1) The freguency of occurrence the frequency of sex and the lesion side, right or left side of the trunk, were similar in all patients. 2) The most frequent age of incidence was between 50 and 70 years old (62%) 3) The most frequent site of lesions was the thorax (55%) 4) The earlier the treatment and the younger the patients were, the more satisfactory were the results of the nerve blocks. 5) Sympathetic nerve block, stellate ganglion and epidural blocks were more effective than somatic nerve blocks or intercostal blocks. 6) There was no relationship between the number of nerve blocks and the effect of the treatement.
