Trial reportPain research & management2022
Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Temporary Spinal Cord Stimulation versus Pulsed Radiofrequency for Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Pain research & management, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Efficacy and safety of short-term spinal cord stimulation and pulsed radiofrequency in the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Emerging Therapeutic Modalities and Pharmacotherapies in Neuropathic Pain Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Parallel Randomized Controlled Trials.Pain research & management · 2024Pooled it
- Comparison of efficacy and safety of non-oral therapeutic interventions for zoster-associated pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurologyPooled it
- Clinical practice guidelines for the management of refractory postherpetic neuralgia by the Korean Pain Society.The Korean journal of pain · 2026Review
- Comparative Efficacy of Pulsed Radiofrequency-Based and Related Interventions for Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- Short-term spinal cord stimulation vs. pulsed radiofrequency in acute/subacute herpes zoster pain.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- The impact of the 5A nursing model on pain in patients with postherpetic neuralgia: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Short-term peripheral nerve stimulation or pulsed radiofrequency in elderly patients with acute herpes zoster ophthalmicus: multi-center retrospective study.The Korean journal of pain · 2026Article
- 2024 Japan Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Guidelines for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.Neurologia medico-chirurgica · 2026Article
- Comparative long-term efficacy of short-term spinal cord stimulation versus bipolar pulsed radiofrequency for refractory postherpetic neuralgia: a 24 month prospective study.European journal of medical research · 2025Observational
- Mechanisms and clinical progress of spinal cord stimulation in refractory chronic pain: an overview.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Review
- The short term impact of radiofrequency ablative techniques and peripheral nerve block on thermoregulation in mouse models.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- 8. Herpes zoster and post herpetic neuralgia.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2024Review
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Objectives: The objective of this study is to compare the safety and effectiveness of the temporary spinal cord stimulation (SCS) versus pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) in treating postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). Methods: From September 1, 2019, to May 30, 2020, 44 PHN patients admitted to the Pain Department of the Foshan First People's Hospital, China were enrolled in this study. The patients were randomly assigned to SCS and PRF groups in a ratio of 1 : 1 and were given respective therapy for 8 days. Rash, in all patients, was located in the trunk and extremities of the spinal nerve (C4-L5), and the pain intensity was greater than or equal to 7 points on the VAS scale. Subsequently, we evaluated the visual analogue scale (VAS), efficiency rate (ER), complete remission rate (CRR), daily sleep interference score (SIS), patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9), generalized anxiety disorder assessment (GAD-7), bodily pain (BP), and physical function (PF) sections of the 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36) at the following time points: presurgery, as well as 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months postsurgery. Results: The final analysis was performed on 40 patients ( Conclusion: Based on our analysis, SCS exhibited better efficacy and safety than PRF. This study was prospectively registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR2100050647).
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