The Clinical journal of pain
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The aim of this study was to culturally adapt into Spanish and validate the painDETECT questionnaire, a brief self-administered instrument designed to screen the presence of a neuropathic pain component in usual clinical practice. ⋯ The culturally adapted version of the painDETECT presents good psychometric properties and shows to be a valid patient-reported outcome for measuring the presence of a neuropathic component in patients with chronic pain.
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Cochrane meta-analyses have shown significant benefit in bone pain from bisphosphonate therapy in adults with bone diseases such as multiple myeloma, Paget disease, breast and prostate cancer. Our aim was to assess if bisphosphonate treatment could alleviate severe pain in children with Ollier disease and hereditary multiple exostoses that are refractory to standard analgesics. ⋯ One can consider bisphosphonate therapy in children with Ollier disease and hereditary multiple exostoses who have debilitating pain that is refractory to standard analgesic treatment.