| Intrathecal Alcohol Neurolysis for Intractable Thoracic Postherpetic Neuralgia: A case report. |
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Seok Ho Jung, Young Hun Jeon, Jung Gil Hong |
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Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kyungpook National University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. toohoonn@yahoo.co.kr |
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| Abstract |
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Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a sequela of acute herpes zoster infection and is defined as pain persisting more than 1 month. The patients with PHN suffer from a persistent neuropathic pain. There are many treatments for PHN but some people occasionally do not respond to the conventional therapies. Neurodestruction using neurolytic agents are beneficial to patients with severe intractable pain because of it's prolonged pain-relief and simplicity, inexpensiveness. We report a case that we managed successfully a patient with intractable thoracic PHN using intrathecal alcohol neurolysis. |
| Key Words:
intrathecal alcohol; neurolysis; postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) |
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