Perioperative Implementation of Low-Dose Pregabalin in an Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery Protocol: A Pre-Post Observational Study.

Objectives: Determine the effect of low-dose pregabalin in the perioperative enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery protocol.

Design: Pre-post observational study.

Setting: Tertiary care hospital.

Dorsal root ganglion stimulation for refractory post-herpetic neuralgia.

Post-herpetic neuralgia is a chronic neuropathic pain disorder that is the sequela of the varicella zoster virus reactivation in the dorsal root ganglion. A variety of treatment modalities have been implemented, but pharmacologic treatments are often limited due to side effects and interventional procedures have yielded mixed results without promising long-term benefits being consistently seen. A dorsal root ganglion stimulator for treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia is a novel treatment option as it is able to specifically target the area affected.