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Peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) has become an essential component in the pain management plan for individuals suffering from peripheral nerve-mediated pain. The recent surge in interest in PNS can be attributed to the advancements in imaging techniques and the availability of minimally invasive stimulation systems along with a deeper grasp of PNS physiology. These advancements have made PNS more accessible to clinicians and patients alike. However, it is important to note that PNS requires a different set of technical requirements and skills compared to other pain management procedures. The work, knowledge, and surgical and interventional skillset required for PNS are in a class of their own. This article aims to educate and clarify the differences between procedures that may have similar names but are vastly different in terms of technology, expertise, and skill sets necessary for their safe implementation. Some of the procedures that this article will cover include indirect peripheral nerve field stimulation (PNfS), indirect percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS), PENS-Field Stimulation (PENFS), and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS). By understanding the differences between these procedures, patients and health-care providers can make informed decisions about the best approach for managing pain.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Chronic pain in the USA has presented with higher prevalence rates among women, older adults, those unemployed, living in poverty, living in rural environments, and adults with public health insurance. The COVID-19 pandemic has heavily played into the biopsychosocial model of pain. Consequently, greater impacts have affected patients with mood disorders, opioid abuse, and chronic pain. Concurrently, telemedicine has become a popular vehicle during the COVID-19 pandemic in continuing to provide quality patient care. The purpose of this article is to review the benefits and challenges related to the delivery of telemedicine for patients with chronic pain. RECENT FINDINGS: The benefits of telemedicine have been examined from patient psychosocial and convenience factors as well in relation to medical practice efficiency. Within chronic pain management, one of telemedicine's most effective utilization is seen via post-injection follow-up and assessment of further necessary interventions. Challenges also exist in this framework, from lack of physical examination and convenient close therapeutic monitoring and drug screening, to technological and resource cost capabilities of older and disadvantaged chronic pain patients, to barriers in establishing patient-provider rapport. During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth services were covered at rates comparable to in-person visits. Health insurance coverage and payment were major barriers for implementation of telemedicine prior to the pandemic. It is difficult to predict ongoing coverage and payment of telehealth services, although the benefits in terms of access and patient satisfaction have clearly been demonstrated. While telemedicine has proven to be a very useful tool with a wealth of advantages, the delivery of virtual healthcare for chronic pain poses a set of challenges that will need to be met to ensure the quality and standard of care continue to be upheld.
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COVID-19 , Dor Crônica , Telemedicina , Idoso , Dor Crônica/epidemiologia , Dor Crônica/terapia , Feminino , Humanos , Pandemias/prevenção & controle , Satisfação do PacienteRESUMO
Chronic pain is typically defined as pain that persists after acute tissue damage and inflammation or as pain that follows a chronic disease process and lasts more than three months. Because of its debilitating impact on the quality of life of patients, recent research aims to investigate the mechanisms behind nociception to discover novel therapeutic agents to alleviate pain. One such target is the neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), which has shown to play an integral role in migraine pathophysiology. Effective treatments of migraines with CGRP antagonists have stimulated our efforts toward checking a possible involvement of CGRP in nonheadache pain conditions such as hypertension, congestive heart failure, Alzheimer's disease, and vascular ischemia. Here, we provide a brief overview of chronic pain, with a particular emphasis on the role of CGRP as a fundamental mediator of nociceptive pain as well as a target for novel therapeutic agents.
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Peptídeo Relacionado com Gene de Calcitonina/antagonistas & inibidores , Dor Crônica/tratamento farmacológico , Medicina Baseada em Evidências/métodos , Dor Visceral/tratamento farmacológico , Analgésicos/administração & dosagem , Animais , Anticorpos Monoclonais/administração & dosagem , Peptídeo Relacionado com Gene de Calcitonina/metabolismo , Dor Crônica/metabolismo , Humanos , Dor Visceral/metabolismoRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: Chronic abdominal pain (CAP) can arise from multiple conditions, including inflammatory disorders, trauma because of injury or surgery, or structural or functional causes. This prospective, single-arm study was designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of 10-kHz spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in patients with intractable CAP over a 12-month follow-up period. METHODS: Subjects with CAP who had been refractory to conventional medical treatment for at least 3 months resulting in self-reported pain scores of ≥5 cm on a 10-cm visual analog scale were enrolled at 4 centers in the United States. Study subjects underwent a trial stimulation lasting up to 14 days with epidural leads implanted from the vertebral levels T4 through T8. Subjects who had ≥40% pain relief during the trial stimulation period were implanted with a Senza system (Nevro Corp., Redwood City, CA) and followed up to 12 months after surgery. RESULTS: Twenty-three of 24 subjects (95.8%) had a successful trial stimulation and proceeded to a permanent implant. After 12 months of treatment with 10-kHz SCS, 78.3% of subjects were responders (pain relief of ≥50%) and 14 of 22 subjects (63.6%) were remitters (sustained ≤3.0-cm visual analog scale scores). Secondary outcomes, including assessments of disability, mental and physical well-being, sleep quality, perception of improvement, and satisfaction, showed that 10-kHz SCS greatly improved the quality of life of patients with CAP. Observationally, most subjects also reported concurrent reduction or resolution of nausea and/or vomiting. DISCUSSION: 10-kHz SCS can provide durable pain relief and improve the quality of life in patients with CAP.
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Dor Abdominal/terapia , Dor Crônica/terapia , Manejo da Dor/métodos , Qualidade de Vida , Estimulação da Medula Espinal/métodos , Dor Abdominal/complicações , Dor Abdominal/diagnóstico , Dor Abdominal/psicologia , Adulto , Idoso , Dor Crônica/complicações , Dor Crônica/diagnóstico , Dor Crônica/psicologia , Estudos de Viabilidade , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Medição da Dor/estatística & dados numéricos , Estudos Prospectivos , Resultado do Tratamento , Estados Unidos , Adulto JovemRESUMO
We present this case to review the metabolism of oxycodone and the effects of end-stage renal disease on the elimination of oxycodone and its metabolites. A 42-year-old female with end-stage renal disease who was dependent on hemodialysis presented for left hamstring posterior capsule release. She had been receiving methadone for 2 years for chronic leg pain. On postoperative day 1, the patient's medication was changed from IV hydromorphone to oral oxycodone to treat breakthrough pain. By the next day, the patient was unarousable with notable respiratory depression. She did not fully recover after urgent hemodialysis but did have full recovery after receiving an IV naloxone infusion for 22 hours. Further study of the safety of oxycodone in hemodialysis patients is warranted.
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Analgésicos/intoxicação , Dor Crônica/cirurgia , Liberação da Cápsula Articular/efeitos adversos , Falência Renal Crônica/terapia , Perna (Membro)/inervação , Perna (Membro)/cirurgia , Oxicodona/intoxicação , Dor Pós-Operatória/prevenção & controle , Diálise Renal , Insuficiência Respiratória/induzido quimicamente , Administração Oral , Adulto , Analgésicos/administração & dosagem , Analgésicos/farmacocinética , Biotransformação , Dor Crônica/diagnóstico , Dor Crônica/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Humanos , Infusões Intravenosas , Falência Renal Crônica/diagnóstico , Falência Renal Crônica/metabolismo , Naloxona/administração & dosagem , Antagonistas de Entorpecentes/administração & dosagem , Oxicodona/administração & dosagem , Oxicodona/farmacocinética , Dor Pós-Operatória/etiologia , Insuficiência Respiratória/tratamento farmacológico , Insuficiência Respiratória/metabolismo , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
This retrospective case series of patients with refractory sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain presents our first 77 SIJ radiofrequency ablation (RFA) procedures performed with a multilesion probe. Of these, 16 (20.8%) provided no relief; 55 (71.4%) provided >50% pain relief at 6 weeks; 42 (54.5%, 95% confidence interval, 42.8%-65.8%) provided >50% pain relief at 6 months; and 12 (15.6%) continued to provide >50% pain relief at 1 year. These results compare favorably to those published using other RFA techniques. In conclusion, more than half of our patients with refractory SIJ pain received some pain relief for at least 6 months after RFA.
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Artralgia/cirurgia , Ablação por Cateter/instrumentação , Dor Pós-Operatória/prevenção & controle , Articulação Sacroilíaca/cirurgia , Artralgia/diagnóstico , Artralgia/fisiopatologia , California , Desenho de Equipamento , Humanos , Medição da Dor , Dor Pós-Operatória/diagnóstico , Dor Pós-Operatória/etiologia , Radiografia Intervencionista , Estudos Retrospectivos , Articulação Sacroilíaca/diagnóstico por imagem , Articulação Sacroilíaca/fisiopatologia , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do Tratamento , VermontRESUMO
Interventional pain procedures are critical in the diagnosis and management of a variety of facial pain conditions. Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is the most frequent diagnosis for facial pain, with a reported prevalence 10 times greater than persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP). Although pharmacological treatments and psychological interventions benefit many patients with these diagnoses, the pain remains disabling for a significant portion of others. Percutaneous interventions targeting the gasserian ganglion and its branches have proven effective in the management of TN, while there is also supportive evidence for treating the sphenopalatine ganglion in PIFP.
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Ablação por Cateter/tendências , Descompressão Cirúrgica/tendências , Dor Facial/terapia , Animais , Dor Facial/diagnóstico , Dor Facial/fisiopatologia , Gânglios Parassimpáticos/fisiologia , Humanos , Neuralgia do Trigêmeo/diagnóstico , Neuralgia do Trigêmeo/fisiopatologia , Neuralgia do Trigêmeo/terapiaRESUMO
Postoperative pain control in patients undergoing spine surgery remains a challenge for the anesthesiologist. In addition to incisional pain, these patients experience pain arising from deeper tissues such as bones, ligaments, muscles, intervertebral disks, facet joints, and damaged nerve roots. The pain from these structures may be more severe and can lead to neural sensitization and release of mediators both peripherally and centrally. The problem is compounded by the fact that many of these patients are either opioid dependent or opioid tolerant, making them less responsive to the most commonly used therapy for postoperative pain (opioid-based intermittent or patient-controlled analgesia). The purpose of this review was to compare all published treatment options available that go beyond intravenous opiates and attempt to find the best possible treatment modality.
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Analgesia Controlada pelo Paciente , Analgésicos Opioides/administração & dosagem , Dor nas Costas/prevenção & controle , Procedimentos Ortopédicos/efeitos adversos , Dor Pós-Operatória/prevenção & controle , Coluna Vertebral/cirurgia , Analgesia Controlada pelo Paciente/efeitos adversos , Analgésicos Opioides/efeitos adversos , Dor nas Costas/etiologia , Medicina Baseada em Evidências , Humanos , Dor Pós-Operatória/etiologia , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is used for treatment of pain arising from a variety of pathologies. Reported side-effects related to SCS are most commonly technical complications including malfunction, lead migration, or severance. Up to date, only a few cases of gastrointestinal side-effects have been reported. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A 54-year-old man with a 20-year history of low back pain developed persistent and refractory nausea following spinal cord stimulator implantation. RESULTS: The nausea resolved spontaneously within eight weeks allowing continued use of the spinal cord stimulator. CONCLUSIONS: In this case report, we described the uncommon side-effect of nausea because of SCS that resolved over time allowing continued neurostimulation therapy in a patient with arachnoiditis and failed lumbar back surgery syndrome. We encourage other providers to report similar cases to help elucidate the mechanism of these seemingly underreported side-effects to allow continuation of the therapeutic effects of SCS.