title: Diagnosis and management of neuropathic pain.
abstract: A recent revision in the definition of neuropathic pain has highlighted this condition as a distinct disease entity. More accurate search for a lesion in the somatosensory nervous system as the pain-generating mechanism will help target the treatment by pharmacological agents. A multidisciplinary approach is recommended, with pharmacotherapy supplemented by psychological therapy and physical rehabilitation, and appropriate interventional treatment for selected refractory cases.
authors: Department of Anaesthesiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong.
authors: Clara Sm
authors: CS
authors: Wong
authors: Grace Km
authors: GK
authors: Hui
authors: Edmond Kn
authors: EK
authors: Chung
authors: Steven Hs
authors: SH
authors: Wong
mesh_terms: D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D010147:Pain Measurement