Neurostimulation for Intractable Chronic Pain [PDF]
Brain Sciences, 2019 The field of neuromodulation has seen unprecedented growth over the course of the last decade with novel waveforms, hardware advancements, and novel chronic pain indications.
Timothy R. Deer +3 more
doaj +4 more sources
Neuromodulation for Intractable Pain [PDF]
Brain Sciences, 2020 Over 7% of the Western population suffer from intractable pain and despite pharmacotherapy, many patients’ pain is refractory [...]
Alexander L. Green, Tipu Z. Aziz
doaj +4 more sources
Anterior cingulotomy for intractable pain
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2016 Conservative therapy is often the first-line treatment for many symptoms of various disease processes, including pain. Nevertheless, if pharmacological or medical management fails for those patients with severe and chronic pain, a surgical strategy may ...
Nitin Agarwal, MD +4 more
doaj +3 more sources
Ketamine Use for Successful Resolution of Post-ERCP Acute Pancreatitis Abdominal Pain [PDF]
Case Reports in Anesthesiology, 2017 We report a case in which a patient with intractable pain secondary to post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) acute pancreatitis is successfully treated with a subanesthetic ketamine infusion.
Suneel M. Agerwala +2 more
doaj +4 more sources
Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Block with Botulinum Toxin Type A for Intractable Neuropathic Pain
Toxins, 2016 Neuropathic pain includes postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN), and trigeminal neuralgia, and so on. Although various drugs have been tried to treat neuropathic pain, the effectiveness of the drugs sometimes may be limited for ...
Young Eun Moon +4 more
doaj +2 more sources
Roux-en-Y longitudinal Pancreatico Jejunostomy for Pancreatic Calculi in Children [PDF]
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal, 2011 Background: Pancreatic calculi is distinctly uncommon in children and usually present wit recurrent abdominal pain. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of longitudinal pancreatico-jejunostomy in relieving intractable abdominal pain in children with ...
AKM Zahid Hossain +2 more
doaj +6 more sources
Intractable pain due to thoracic outlet syndrome successfully treated with percutaneous epidural adhesiolysis: A case report [PDF]
SAGE Open Medical Case ReportsThoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is characterized by intractable cervicobrachial pain caused by strangulation of the brachial plexus and subclavian artery by structures of the superior thoracic outlet.
Yusuke Ishida +7 more
doaj +2 more sources
Dorsal root ganglion stimulation combined with spinal cord stimulation for effective treatment of postherpetic neuralgia - A case report - [PDF]
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2021 Background Although spinal cord stimulation (SCS) can be a treatment option for intractable postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), obtaining proper stimulation at the thoracic dermatome is difficult.
Seung Wan Hong +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Pain Practice, 2021 Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a well‐established treatment for chronic intractable pain of the trunk and/or limbs; however, low back pain (LBP) is difficult to treat using traditional SCS.
Michael A. Fishman +13 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Botulinum toxin A for refractory neuropathic pain in supraorbital postherpetic neuralgia
Indian Journal of Pain, 2023 This case series assesses the benefits of intracutaneous injection of botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) for the treatment of intractable pain of supraorbital postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) not responding to oral drug therapy.
Anupriya Saxena +2 more
doaj +1 more source