Successful treatment of whiplash-type injury induced severe pain syndrome with epidural stimulation: a case report.
Chronic severe cervico-facial pain syndrome associated with a whiplash-type injury was successfully treated with epidural spinal cord stimulation. The patient had been in pain for 9 years, responding temporarily only to stellate ganglion blocks. The patient has now been painless for 18 months. We have been unable to find a similar case reported in the literature to date.
Kirvelä
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Department of Anaesthesiology, Turku University Hospital, Finland. olli.kirvela@utu.fi
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D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D004824:Epidural Space; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management; D013577:Syndrome; D014911:Whiplash Injuries / Q000150:complications*