Pain physician
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Observational Study
Sacroiliac Joint Intraarticular Injection in True Anteroposterior View: Description of a New C-Arm Guided Method.
The anatomic characteristics of the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) make it difficult to achieve intraarticular injection without radiologic guidance. The classic C-arm guided SIJ intervention technique is difficult. Here we describe a new and simple method for SIJ intraarticular intervention. ⋯ Low back pain, sacroiliac joint, C-arm, new technique, intraarticular, injection.
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Observational Study
Chronic Smoking is Not Associated with Increased Postoperative Opioid Use in Patients with Lung Cancer or Esophageal Cancer.
Chronic smokers show differences in pain sensitivity compared to healthy non-smokers. Yet, no study to date has examined whether smoker status has an effect on postoperative pain. ⋯ Smoking, postoperative pain, opioid, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, analgesia.
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Pudendal neuralgia (PN) is a very painful and often disabling condition in which pudendal nerve blocks play an important role in both the diagnosis and management of PN. Some previous reports have advocated the use of pudendal nerve infiltration (PNI) as a diagnostic test only. ⋯ Pudendal nerve, neuralgia, block, Alcock, CT, guidance.
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Radiopaque gelified ethanol (RGE; DiscoGel, Gelscom SAS, France) is used as a chemonucleolysis substance in treating intradiscal herniation, showing good results without complications. It has also been used in cervical disc herniations (CDHs), demonstrating the potential efficacy of this substance. ⋯ Cervical pain, herniation, neuropathic pain, injection, DiscoGel, chemonucleolysis.
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Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTV) are a relatively common variant and have been considered as one of the reasons for back pain. It is not unusual for clinicians to encounter patients with LSTV who require caudal epidural block (CEB) for pain management. ⋯ Termination of the dural sac, dural sac termination, lumbosacral transitional vertebrae, transitional vertebra, caudal epidural block.