Between March and October 1986, 33 consecutive patients underwent unilateral lumbar sympathectomy in the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgical Unit of the Catholic University in Louvain, Belgium. Ten patients experienced postsympathectomy neuralgia. After a single epidural injection of fentanyl, 50 micrograms, and methylprednisolone 80 mg, pain disappeared completely in six patients. Neuralgia recurred in four patients requiring repeat epidural injection with relief of residual symptoms. Epidural infiltration is a reliable treatment for neuralgia after lumbar sympathectomy.
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J Pain Res
November 2024
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, People's Republic of China.
Purpose: The location characteristic of the lumbar 3 sympathetic trunk under Computed Tomography (CT) was discovered through 106 cases, imaging analysis after successful lumbar 3 sympathetic radiofrequency thermocoagulation operations serving the clinic and reducing the operation time.
Methods: There are 113 patients underwent bilateral L3 lumbar sympathetic thermal radiofrequency procedures in our hospital from January 2017 to January 2021, with 106 cases of successful procedure. Four operation image distances were measured: 1.
BMC Surg
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General Surgery Department, Alexandria University, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt.
J Vasc Bras
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Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças - HNSG, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Radiol Case Rep
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Department of imaging and interventional radiology, Ha Noi medical university hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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