Efficacy of limited-duration spinal cord stimulation for subacute postherpetic neuralgia.
Excellent outcomes were achieved with spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for 7 to 10 days on 2 patients who developed postherpetic neuralgia. Both patients were within 2 to 3 months of the onset of the condition, and nerve blocks provided only temporary pain relief and drug therapies had poor efficacy. The authors believe that limited-duration SCS for subacute postherpetic neuralgia is a useful treatment approach that may prevent the pain from progressing to chronic postherpetic neuralgia.
Iseki
Masako
M
Juntendo University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. m_iseki@mbr.nifty.com
Morita
Yoshihito
Y
Nakamura
Yoshitaka
Y
Ifuku
Masataka
M
Komatsu
Shuji
S
D000368:Aged; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D051474:Neuralgia, Postherpetic / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology