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ReviewPain and therapy2024

Progress in Radiofrequency Therapy for Zoster-Associated Pain About Parameters, Modes, Targets, and Combined Therapy: A Narrative Review.

Min Rui, Huadong Ni, Keyue Xie, Longsheng Xu, Ming Yao

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Review in Pain and therapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Min RuiDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Research Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, No. 1882 South Zhonghuan Road, Jiaxing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3302-7616
Huadong NiDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Research Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, No. 1882 South Zhonghuan Road, Jiaxing, China.
Keyue XieDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Research Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, No. 1882 South Zhonghuan Road, Jiaxing, China.
Longsheng XuDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Research Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, No. 1882 South Zhonghuan Road, Jiaxing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6091-6323
Ming YaoDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Research Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, No. 1882 South Zhonghuan Road, Jiaxing, China. jxyaoming@zjxu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3014-0560
Jiaxing University · CNSoochow University · CN

Funding

Food Science and Engineering, the Most Important Discipline of Zhejiang Province 2019-ss-ttyxInnovative Research Group Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 82171216Zhejiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Administration No. 2022-19
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zoster-associated pain (ZAP) is a painful condition that significantly impacts a patient's quality of life, often leading to postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). Over 30% of patients with herpes probably experience PHN. However, the understanding and treatment of ZAP remain inadequate. Common interventional treatments include radiofrequency therapy, nerve blocks, epidural block, and spinal cord electrical stimulation. Among these, radiofrequency therapy is widely used for pain control in ZAP, but the standard pulsed radiofrequency technique can still be improved. Researchers have explored different radiofrequency parameters, modes, targets, and combined treatments to enhance the therapeutic effect. In this paper, we review the latest research findings and incorporate our own departmental investigations. We conclude that high-voltage, long-duration pulsed radiofrequency and radiofrequency thermocoagulation therapy have shown improved therapeutic outcomes, despite some remaining limitations. Emphasis is placed on safety in intercostal nerve and extracranial nerve radiofrequency treatments. Combination therapy is also safe and effective; however, many studies have a low grade of evidence. Further high-quality research and systematic reviews are needed.

Indexed as

Dorsal root ganglionHerpes zosterIntercostal nervePostherpetic neuralgiaPulsed radiofrequency therapy

Identifiers

PMID37962817
PMCPMC10796860
OpenAlexW4388660652

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