J Korean Pain Soc.  2000 Nov;13(2):251-254.

The Effect of Epidural Ketamine in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Occuring after Lumbar Epidural Block

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  • 1Pain Clinic, Department of Anesthesiology, Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, Korea.

Abstract

A 20-year-old male patient developed severe right leg pain, hyperesthesia and allodynia after multiple lumbar epidural blocks. His pain was neuropathic pain (complex regional pain syndrome type I). The patient was treated with repeated administration of epidural ketamine at the rate of 0.2-0.7 mg/kg on multiple occasions. Complete relief of pain was achieved.

Keyword

Analgesics ketamine; Anesthetic technic epidural; Disease complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)

MeSH Terms

Humans
Hyperalgesia
Hyperesthesia
Ketamine*
Leg
Male
Neuralgia
Young Adult
Ketamine
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