Acta anaesthesiologica Taiwanica : official journal of the Taiwan Society of Anesthesiologists
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Acta Anaesthesiol Taiwan · Jun 2007
Clinical experience of pain treatment for postherpetic neuralgia in elderly patients.
Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a neuropathic pain syndrome that occurs following acute herpes zoster infection. The main clinical problem is intractable pain which interferes with activity of daily life and reduces the quality of life in the elderly patients. This retrospective study was to evaluate the outcome of pain treatment for the elderly patients with PHN at the Pain Clinic of Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital. ⋯ Our study results showed that the concurrent combination therapy with proper medications and appropriate nerve blocks could offer satisfactory pain relief in the majority of elderly patients with PHN.