Ultrasound Guided Continuous Sciatic Nerve Block for Acute Herpetic Neuralgia
Joint Authors
Bagaphou, Thierry C.
Santonastaso, Domenico
Gargaglia, Eleonora
Norgiolini, Lucia
Tiburzi, Cinzia
Cristallini, Stefano
Cerotto, Vittorio
Gori, Fabio
Source
Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-07-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Herpes Zoster (HZ) is the reactivation of a well-known viral disease which manifests itself with painful skin lesions.
An effective analgesic method during the acute phase of HZ can contribute to decrease the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) by reducing neural sensitization.
Sciatic nerve block (SNB) is useful in the management of distal lower extremity pain sustained by the sciatic nerve.
We describe our experience with a continuous ultrasound guided subgluteus sciatic nerve block in a patient with herpetic neuralgia- (HN-) related refractory acute left leg pain.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bagaphou, Thierry C.& Santonastaso, Domenico& Gargaglia, Eleonora& Norgiolini, Lucia& Tiburzi, Cinzia& Cristallini, Stefano…[et al.]. 2019. Ultrasound Guided Continuous Sciatic Nerve Block for Acute Herpetic Neuralgia. Case Reports in Anesthesiology،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bagaphou, Thierry C.…[et al.]. Ultrasound Guided Continuous Sciatic Nerve Block for Acute Herpetic Neuralgia. Case Reports in Anesthesiology No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Bagaphou, Thierry C.& Santonastaso, Domenico& Gargaglia, Eleonora& Norgiolini, Lucia& Tiburzi, Cinzia& Cristallini, Stefano…[et al.]. Ultrasound Guided Continuous Sciatic Nerve Block for Acute Herpetic Neuralgia. Case Reports in Anesthesiology. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-4.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1133499