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Ann Vasc Surg ; 32: 131.e11-4, 2016 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26802307

RESUMO

Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a chronic condition experienced by about 80% of patients who have undergone amputation. In most patients, both the frequency and the intensity of pain attacks diminish with time, but severe pain persists in about 5-10%. Probably, factors in both the peripheral and central nervous system play a role in the occurrence and persistence of pain in the amputated lower limb. The classical treatment of PLP can be divided into pharmacologic, surgical, anesthetic, and psychological modalities. Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) does not represent a new method of treatment for this condition. However, the concomitant treatment of PLP and critical lower limb ischemia by using SCS therapy has not yet been described in the current literature. The aim of the present article is to highlight the possibility of apply SCS for the simultaneous treatment of PLP and critical lower limb ischemia on the contralateral lower limb after failure of medical therapy in a group of 3 patients, obtaining pain relief in both lower limbs, delaying an endovascular or surgical revascularization. After SCS implantation and test stimulation, the pain was reduced by 50% on both the right and the left side in all our patients. The main indications for permanent SCS therapy after 1 week of test stimulation were represented by transcutaneous oxygen (TcPO2) increase >75%, decrease of opioids analgesics use of at least 50% and a pain maintained to within 20-30/100 mm on visual analog scale.


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Amputação Cirúrgica , Isquemia/terapia , Extremidade Inferior/irrigação sanguínea , Membro Fantasma/terapia , Estimulação da Medula Espinal , Idoso , Analgésicos Opioides/uso terapêutico , Estado Terminal , Feminino , Humanos , Neuroestimuladores Implantáveis , Isquemia/complicações , Isquemia/diagnóstico por imagem , Masculino , Medição da Dor , Membro Fantasma/complicações , Membro Fantasma/diagnóstico , Estimulação da Medula Espinal/instrumentação , Resultado do Tratamento
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Curr Vasc Pharmacol ; 11(6): 1001-10, 2013 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22724477

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BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury (AKI) develops in 10% of patients after surgical abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is a predictor of AKI and Endothelial Progenitor Cells (EPCs) represent a potential repair mechanism for vascular lesions. We evaluated the diagnostic power of serum (s) and urine (u) NGAL in detecting a possible event of AKI in patients undergoing surgical treatment for AAA repair. We also investigated the influence of vascular injury on EPCs. METHODS: We examined 50 patients who underwent open AAA repair. Blood and urine was collected preoperatively and every hour after surgery until 8 h to quantify sNGAL, uNGAL and circulating EPCs. AKI, was defined as a ≥25% decrease in eGFR compared with baseline values. RESULTS: There was an inverse correlation between eGFR, sNGAL and uNGAL, while a direct correlation between sNGAL APACHE II Score and EPCs was found. At receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, sNGAL and uNGAL showed a very good diagnostic profile. Kaplan Meier curves showed that NGAL is a highly sensitive predictor of incidence of AKI. Univariate followed by multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis showed that uNGAL and sNGAL predicted AKI independently of other potential confounders, including eGFR and APACHE II Score. Patients had at baseline and after surgical stress a significantly higher number of EPCs than control group. CONCLUSIONS: NGAL represents an independent renal predictor of incidence of AKI. EPCs reflect the degree of vascular damage and could be considered as an indicator of disease with a reparative-regenerative vascular-endothelial function.


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Injúria Renal Aguda/diagnóstico , Aneurisma da Aorta Abdominal/cirurgia , Células Endoteliais/metabolismo , Lipocalinas/sangue , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/diagnóstico , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/sangue , Células-Tronco/metabolismo , Injúria Renal Aguda/sangue , Injúria Renal Aguda/urina , Proteínas de Fase Aguda/urina , Aneurisma da Aorta Abdominal/sangue , Aneurisma da Aorta Abdominal/urina , Biomarcadores/sangue , Biomarcadores/urina , Estudos de Coortes , Feminino , Humanos , Lipocalina-2 , Lipocalinas/urina , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/sangue , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/urina , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/urina
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