Effectiveness of CT-guided epidural infiltration of steroids and local anesthetics for acute and chronic herpes zoster neuralgia.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and complication rate of computed tomography (CT)-guided epidural injection of steroids and local anesthetics for pain relief in patients with neuralgia due to acute or chronic herpes zoster (HZ).

Materials And Methods: A prospective study was conducted from April 2017 to February 2019 including patients with HZ neuralgia (HZN) at any stage (acute or chronic, the latter being defined as pain lasting more than 3 months and also called post herpetic neuralgia [PHN]). The sensory ganglion of the affected dermatome and/or the affected sensory nerve was targeted under CT-guidance and local injection of a mixture of two vials of methylprednisolone 40mg/mL and 2mL of Lidocaine 1% was performed.

Impact of the global outflow angle on recanalization after endovascular treatment of middle cerebral artery bifurcation aneurysms.

Background And Purpose: Intracranial aneurysm recanalization after endovascular treatment (EVT) remains a major problem. The goal of this study was to find new predictive factors of recanalization after EVT of middle cerebral artery (MCA) bifurcation aneurysms.

Methods: 96 MCA bifurcationaneurysms, ruptured or unruptured, treated by EVT between Septembre 2009 and December 2014, were retrospectively included.