Korean J Anesthesiol.  1996 Sep;31(3):304-309. 10.4097/kjae.1996.31.3.304.

Effect of Chemical Sympathectomy and Laser Radiation in the Neuropathic Pain

• Hwang WJ
• Kim MS
• Lee WH

• KMID: 2239061
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.1996.31.3.304

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Treatments of neuropathic pain were included Ca blocker, steroid medication, epidural or spinal local anesthetics, intravenous reserpine and phenoxybenzamine and operative sympathectomy. This study was performed to evaluation the effects of laser radiation and intraperitoneal guanethidine to the neuropathic pain.
METHODS
The neuropathic pain were produced by the tight ligation of L5 and L6 spinal nerves in the adult rats (Sprague-Dawley) withdrawl response to the non-noxious stimulation(mechanical allodynia) were increased and response to the cold stimulation (cold allodynia) were increased too. After that, we injected 50 mg/kg guanethidine intraperitoneally and radiated the He-Ne laser to the operated site to evaluate the effect of chemical sympathectomy and laser radiation.
RESULTS
Mechanical allodynia was significantly reduced(p<0.05) 1st and 2nd day after chemical sympathectomy. Cold allodynia was significantly reduced(p<0.05) 1st day after chemical sympathectomy. Mechanical and cold allodynia were not significantly reduced after laser radiation.
CONCLUSIONS
It was suggested that the chemical sympathectomy via intraperitoneal injection of guanethidine 50 mg/kg had the therapeutic effect of neuropathic pain in the surgically operated rat which was ligated L5, 6 spinal nerve.

Keyword

Pain experimental; neuropathic; Sympathetic nervous system; pharmacology guanethidine

MeSH Terms

Adult
Anesthetics, Local
Animals
Guanethidine
Humans
Hyperalgesia
Injections, Intraperitoneal
Ligation
Neuralgia*
Phenoxybenzamine
Rats
Reserpine
Spinal Nerves
Sympathectomy
Sympathectomy, Chemical*
Sympathetic Nervous System
Anesthetics, Local
Guanethidine
Phenoxybenzamine
Reserpine