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Clin Transl Oncol ; 24(5): 846-853, 2022 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34807401

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: This prospective study assessed the effects of low-dose radiotherapy in patients diagnosed with greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) with recurrent symptoms or refractory to previous conservative measures. METHODS: We evaluated a total of 155 patients (90.3% women, mean age 69 years). Most patients (n = 136) received 10 Gy (1 Gy/day/3 fractions per week on alternate days), but after recommendations of DEGRO guidelines published in 2015, the remaining 19 patients (12.2%) received 6 Gy (1 Gy/day/3 fractions per week on alternate days). RESULTS: At the pre-treatment visit, the mean (standard deviation, SD) visual analog scale (VAS) score was 8), which decreased to 5 (SD 2.2) after 1 month of the end of treatment and to 4 (SD 2.3) after 4 months. An objective symptom response with increased mobility, better sleep quality, and reduction of analgesic medication was found in 56% of patients at 1 month. In 129 patients (83.2%), there was a decrease of at least 1 point in the VAS score, and in 49 patients (29.0%), the VAS score was lower than 3. The mean length of follow-up was 45 months. The probability of maintaining the analgesic response estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method was 53% at 5 years. CONCLUSION: Low dose radiotherapy effectively improved pain in the trochanteric area in most patients with recurrent or refractory GTPS, allowing a reduction in the need for analgesic medications and, more, importantly, better functioning and mobility. Further randomized studies in selected populations of GTPS are needed to define the treatment position of low-dose radiotherapy in this clinical setting.


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Bursitis , Aged , Bursitis/diagnosis , Bursitis/therapy , Female , Femur , Humans , Male , Pain/etiology , Pain/radiotherapy , Pain Measurement , Prospective Studies
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Pain Pract ; 14(2): 158-61, 2014 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23336568

ABSTRACT

We report a case of a 73-year-old female who developed unbearable neuropathic pain after a herpes zoster episode. The pain persisted and could not be controlled despite multimodal analgesia. In addition to postherpetic neuralgia, myelitis and complex regional pain syndrome were diagnosed during the evolution of neuropathic pain. This complex neuropathic pain was resolved after sympathetic ganglion block.


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Complex Regional Pain Syndromes/complications , Herpes Zoster/complications , Myelitis/complications , Neuralgia, Postherpetic/complications , Aged , Autonomic Nerve Block , Complex Regional Pain Syndromes/drug therapy , Complex Regional Pain Syndromes/pathology , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Fluoroscopy , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Myelitis/drug therapy , Myelitis/pathology , Neck Pain/diagnosis , Neck Pain/drug therapy , Neck Pain/etiology , Neck Pain/pathology , Neuralgia, Postherpetic/drug therapy , Neuralgia, Postherpetic/pathology , Spinal Cord/pathology
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BMC Anesthesiol ; 14: 120, 2014.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25580085

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: High-concentration-capsaicin-patches (Qutenza®) have been put on the market as a treatment for peripheral neuropathic pain. A minimum infrastructure and a determinate skill set for its application are required. Our aim was to assess the feasibility of treatment with high-concentration-capsaicin-patches in clinical practice in a variety of refractory peripheral neuropathic pain syndromes in non-diabetic patients. METHODS: Observational, prospective, single-center study of patients attended to in the Pain Unit of a tertiary hospital, ≥ 18 year-old non-responders to multimodal analgesia of both genders. The feasibility for the application of capsaicin patch in clinical practice was evaluated by means of the number of patients controlled per day when this one was applied and by means of the times used for patch application. RESULTS: Between October 2010 and September 2011, 20 consecutive non-diabetic patients (7 males, 13 females) with different diagnoses of refractory peripheral neuropathic pain syndromes, with a median (range) age of 60 (33-88) years-old were treated with a single patch application. The median (range) number of patients monitored per day was not modified when the capsaicin patch was applied [27 (26-29)] in comparison with it was not applied [28 (26-30)]. The median (range) total time to determine and mark the painful area was 9 (6-15) minutes and of patch application was 60 (58-65) minutes. No important adverse reactions were observed. CONCLUSION: High-concentration-capsaicin-patch treatment was feasible in our unit for the treatment of a population with refractory peripheral neuropathic pain. The routine of our unit was not affected by its use.


Subject(s)
Analgesics/therapeutic use , Capsaicin/therapeutic use , Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/drug therapy , Administration, Cutaneous , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Analgesics/administration & dosage , Analgesics/adverse effects , Capsaicin/administration & dosage , Capsaicin/adverse effects , Feasibility Studies , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Prospective Studies , Tertiary Care Centers , Time Factors , Transdermal Patch , Treatment Outcome
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Can J Anaesth ; 53(6): 591-4, 2006 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16738294

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: This report describes treatment with epidural dextran-40 and paramethasone injection of postural headache resulting from spontaneous intracranial hypotension in a pregnant patient. CLINICAL FEATURES: A 39-yr-old pregnant woman consulted the pain clinic for the assessment of a debilitating postural headache which was non-responsive to conventional analgesic treatment. Clinical findings and cranial magnetic resonance imaging indicated the diagnosis of spontaneous intracranial hypotension syndrome. Treatment with an epidural blood patch was not undertaken for several reasons. A lumbar epidural injection with dextran-40 and paramethasone led to a significant improvement in the symptoms and allowed a progressive discontinuation of adjuvant treatment with oral steroids, with complete resolution of symptoms. CONCLUSION: We report a case of spontaneous intracranial hypotension in a pregnant patient successfully treated by epidural injection of dextran-40 and paramethasone, with adjuvant oral steroid therapy. Clinical trials are warranted to establish the efficacy of this treatment as an alternative to the epidural blood patch administration.


Subject(s)
Analgesia, Epidural , Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/administration & dosage , Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/therapeutic use , Dextrans/administration & dosage , Dextrans/therapeutic use , Headache/drug therapy , Intracranial Hypotension/drug therapy , Paramethasone/administration & dosage , Paramethasone/therapeutic use , Plasma Substitutes/administration & dosage , Plasma Substitutes/therapeutic use , Adult , Female , Headache/etiology , Headache/pathology , Humans , Intracranial Hypotension/complications , Intracranial Hypotension/pathology , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Pregnancy
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