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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2024

Cure of Fingertip Necrosis after Median Nerve Block Application in Two Cases of Definite and Probable Systemic Sclerosis.

Masakatsu Kinoshita, Shigeko Inokuma, Mao Yamauchi, Yuhki Kamizeki, Koji Kuwana, Kouzou Watanabe

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2024. 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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Masakatsu KinoshitaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Chiba Central Medical Center, Japan.
Shigeko InokumaDepartment of Allergy and Rheumatism, Chiba Central Medical Center, Japan.
Mao YamauchiDepartment of Allergy and Rheumatism, Chiba Central Medical Center, Japan.
Yuhki KamizekiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Chiba Central Medical Center, Japan.
Koji KuwanaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Chiba Central Medical Center, Japan.
Kouzou WatanabeDepartment of Anesthesiology, Chiba Central Medical Center, Japan.

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Abstract

One patient with systemic sclerosis with index fingertip necrosis and another with probable systemic sclerosis with index and middle fingertip impending necrosis were successfully treated with ultrasound-guided median nerve block application on the affected side. The nailfold temperatures of the affected fingers measured using thermography were below 25°C. Immediately after application, the temperature increased substantially. After repeated applications, the mean basal temperature on the affected side increased by 3.6°C in Case 1 and by 5.9°C in Case 2. Peripheral nerve block can be a basic treatment for fingertip necrosis. The thermographical observation of the extent and region in which the temperature increased is novel.

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FingersMedian NerveNecrosisNerve BlockScleroderma, SystemicHumansTreatment Outcomefingertip necrosismedian nerve blocksystemic sclerosisthermography

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PMID38220198
PMCPMC11414373

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