肋間神経高周波焼灼術による滑り肋症候群:症例報告
Greta Niemela1, Erina Fujino2, Rohan Jotwani1
1Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Pain management
|January 31, 2026
まとめ
滑り肋症候群(SRS)による疼痛は、術前に肋間神経高周波焼灼術(RFA)を用いて効果的に管理された。この低侵襲的アプローチにより、顕著な緩和が得られ、患者は胸痛に対する外科的介入を回避または最適化することができた。
科学分野:
- ペインクリニック
- 胸部外科学
- 神経学
背景:
- 滑り肋症候群(SRS)は、肋軟骨の過可動性と神経刺激により、慢性的な胸痛を引き起こす。
- 現在の治療法には、保存的治療と外科的肋骨固定術が含まれるが、持続的な疼痛に対する選択肢は限られている。
- 肋間神経ブロックは一時的な緩和を提供するが、長期的な解決策が必要である。
研究 の 目的:
- 滑り肋症候群(SRS)の術前治療として肋間神経高周波焼灼術(RFA)を初めて成功裏に使用したことを報告する。
- SRSに関連する慢性肋間神経痛の管理におけるRFAの有効性を評価する。
- 衰弱性の胸痛管理における低侵襲技術の可能性を強調する。
主な方法:
- 過可動性エーラス・ダンロス症候群およびSRSを有する25歳女性の症例報告。
- T7-T10肋間神経の高周波焼灼術(RFA)を両側に行った。
- RFA前後およびその後の肋骨固定術後の疼痛評価とオピオイド使用量をモニタリングした。
主要な成果:
- 肋間神経RFAは、慢性胸壁痛の完全な解消とオピオイドの漸減に成功した。
- 両側肋骨固定術を受けた後も、患者は無痛の状態を維持した。
- RFAは効果的なブリッジ療法として機能し、その後の手術に向けて患者の状態を改善させた。
結論:
- 肋間神経RFAは、SRS患者における慢性肋間神経痛に対する有望な低侵襲治療である。
- この技術は、特に手術リスクの高い患者にとって価値がある。
- 疼痛専門医と胸部外科医との学際的な協力は、胸部疾患の患者ケアを最適化することができる。
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