Lancinating pain in post-laminectomy chronic sciatica.
Lancinating pain, as described in tabes dorsalis, was noted in four patients with chronic sciatica after several months of laminectomy. The pain responded well to carbamezapine therapy. Abnormal or ephaptic neural transmission of impulses in the roots was considered to be the cause of such pain.
D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D009431:Neural Conduction; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011187:Posture; D012585:Sciatica / Q000601:surgery*
D002220:Carbamazepine