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ReviewDer Anaesthesist2011

[Selected interventional methods for the treatment of chronic pain: Part 1: peripheral nerve block and sympathetic block].

E Böttger, K Diehlmann

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Review in Der Anaesthesist, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

E BöttgerKlinik für Anaesthesie, Operative Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg, Standort Giessen, Deutschland. Eileen.Boettger@chiru.med.uni-giessen.de
K Diehlmann
Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Approximately 5-8 million people in Germany suffer from chronic pain. Some patients can obtain relief from specific interventional techniques. In detail these are blocks of the sympathetic chain and peripheral nerve blocks, regional anesthetic techniques close to the spinal cord and neuromodulation. Part 1 of this article presents peripheral nerve blocks using the example of intercostal blocks and blocks of the sympathetic chain. Peripheral nerve blocks are important for postoperative pain treatment. Only a few methods are used for chronic pain and this applies primarily to the intercostal block which is used for the treatment of pain occurring after thoracotomy, intercostal neuralgia and pain associated with infiltration of cancer. Blocks of the vegetative nervous system are accomplished on the ganglions of the head and the sympathetic chain and are therefore most commonly applied to treat headache, neuropathic and sympathetic pain in the area of abdomen and the extremities.

Indexed as

Pain ManagementPeripheral NervesAnesthesia, ConductionAnesthesia, IntravenousAutonomic Nerve BlockCatheterizationChronic DiseaseGanglionic BlockersHumansNerve BlockPainPostoperative PainStellate GanglionGanglionic Blockers

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PMID21553139
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