Acta neurochirurgica
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Acta neurochirurgica · Jan 1978
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in chronic pain after peripheral nerve injury.
Transcutaneous electrical stimulation was tested in 24 patients with chronic pain following a peripheral nerve injury in an extremity, in 10 patients with a good effect. All of these 10 patients displayed signs of increased sympathetic activity in addition to hyperalgesia. ⋯ Sympathetic block did not relieve the pain in this group. Transcutaneous electrical stimulation should be tried as an alternative to sympathectomy in causalgia major or minor.