Ultrasound Guided Continuous Sciatic Nerve Block for Acute Herpetic Neuralgia.
Claude Thierry BagaphouDomenico Pietro SantonastasoEleonora GargagliaLucia NorgioliniCinzia TiburziStefano CristalliniVittorio CerottoFabio GoriPublished in: Case reports in anesthesiology (2019)
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.
Keyphrases
- ultrasound guided
- liver failure
- neuropathic pain
- chronic pain
- respiratory failure
- pain management
- fine needle aspiration
- drug induced
- aortic dissection
- sars cov
- risk factors
- case report
- hepatitis b virus
- spinal cord injury
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- spinal cord
- minimally invasive
- anti inflammatory
- mechanical ventilation