Clinical experiences on the effect of scrambler therapy for patients with postherpetic neuralgia.
Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a debilitating complication of herpes zoster, especially in elderly and comorbid patients. Unfortunately, the currently available treatments have shown limited efficacy and some adverse events that are poorly tolerated in elderly patients. Scrambler Therapy, proposed as an alternative treatment for chronic neuropathic pain recently, is a noninvasive approach to relieve pain by changing pain perception at the brain level. Here, we report our clinical experiences on the effect of Scrambler Therapy for three patients with PHN refractory to conventional treatment.
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
Young Kwon
YK
Ko
Ho Young
HY
Lee
Wang Yong
WY
Lee
Scrambler Therapy; chronic neuropathic pain; noninvasive approach; postherpetic neuralgia