A novel treatment for herpes zoster pain using an electrical stimulating catheter with a steering guidewire

J Clin Anesth. 2017 Sep:41:46-47. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2017.05.016. Epub 2017 Jun 23.

Authors

Jung Eun Kim¹, Mi Kyoung Lee¹, Chung Hun Lee¹, Hee Yong Kang², Sang Sik Choi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kyung Hee Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: clonidine@korea.ac.kr.

PMID: 28802604
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2017.05.016

No abstract available

Keywords: Electrical stimulating catheter; Guidewire; Herpes zoster; Postherpetic neuralgia; Specific segmental epidural analgesia; Zoster pain.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Analgesia, Epidural / instrumentation
Analgesia, Epidural / methods*
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / therapeutic use
Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Anesthetics, Local / administration & dosage
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Catheters
Epidural Space / diagnostic imaging
Female
Fluoroscopy
Herpes Zoster / complications*
Herpes Zoster / drug therapy
Humans
Neuralgia, Postherpetic / etiology
Neuralgia, Postherpetic / therapy*
Pain Measurement
Spinal Cord Stimulation / instrumentation
Spinal Cord Stimulation / methods*

Substances

Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Analgesics, Opioid
Anesthetics, Local
Antiviral Agents