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Ultrasound Guided Continuous Sciatic Nerve Block for Acute Herpetic Neuralgia
Thierry C Bagaphou1, Domenico Santonastaso2, Eleonora Gargaglia3
1Section of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Department of Emergency and Urgency, Città di Castello Hospital, Città di Castello, Via L. Angelini 10, 06012 Perugia, Italy.
Abstract:
Herpes Zoster (HZ) is the reactivation of a well-known viral disease which manifests itself with painful skin lesions. An effective analgesic method during the acute phase of HZ can contribute to decrease the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) by reducing neural sensitization. Sciatic nerve block (SNB) is useful in the management of distal lower extremity pain sustained by the sciatic nerve. We describe our experience with a continuous ultrasound guided subgluteus sciatic nerve block in a patient with herpetic neuralgia- (HN-) related refractory acute left leg pain.
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