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ReviewThe Journal of international medical research2025

Lumbar sympathetic pulsed radiofrequency combined with continuous epidural infusion for treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy: A report of two cases and a literature review.

Shao-Jun Li, Dan Feng

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Review in The Journal of international medical research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 53% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Shao-Jun LiDepartment of Pain Management, Wuhan First Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Dan FengDepartment of Pain Management, Wuhan First Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic neuropathy (DN), one of the most common late complications of diabetes mellitus, significantly affects distinct regions of the nervous system. Pain management is challenging in DN as no effective therapies exist that reverse the pathological course of DN. Several drugs are recommended as the first-line treatment for painful DN, but these are associated with various side-effects in the long term. This report presents two cases with painful DN who underwent lumbar sympathetic pulsed radiofrequency combined with continuous epidural infusion. The two cases were followed for 30 days. Lumbar sympathetic pulsed radiofrequency combined with continuous epidural infusion offered effective pain relief and improved the health-related quality of life in two patients with DN over this time period.

Indexed as

Diabetic NeuropathiesPain ManagementPulsed Radiofrequency TreatmentFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedQuality of LifeTreatment Outcomecontinuous epidural infusionLumbar sympathetic pulsed radiofrequencypainful diabetic neuropathy

Identifiers

PMID32521585
PMCPMC11837104
OpenAlexW3033892723

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