[Our experiences in chronic benign pain by injecting local anaesthetic into scars].
OBJECTIVE
To refer a possible resolving treatment of chronic benign pain by injecting local anaesthetics into scars.


METHODS
This original article consists of 7 interesting cases who have been extracted by a group of 2145 patients treated with local anaesthetic (lidocaine 0.5-1%), of one or more than one scar.


RESULTS
The clinical and therapeutical data of a 2 years follow up show that in these 7 cases of chronic benign pain, treated by injecting local anaesthetic (lidocaine 0.5-1%) into one or more scars, the algic symptomatology stably disappeared.


CONCLUSIONS
This record of cases confirms the hypothesis of a possible aetiological role of scars in causing benign chronic painful syndromes, as stated by Brothers Huneke in the 40's and validated by a recent review on the topic.
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A.P.S.S. Trento, Distretto Alto Garda e Ledro, Ambulatorio di Terapia Antalgica, Riva del Garda (TN), A.I.R.A.S. (Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca e l'Aggiornamento Scientifico), c/o Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione dell'Università di Padova, Italia. paolo.barbagli@tele2.it
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*
D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D008012:Lidocaine