Effect of Repetitive Intracutaneous Injections with Local Anesthetics and Steroids for Acute Thoracic Herpes Zoster and Incidence of Postherpetic Neuralgia | Zendy

Jizheng Cui | Zendy; Xiao-bao Zhang | Zendy; Pin Zhu | Zendy; Zhibin Zhao | Zendy; Zhu-sheng Geng | Zendy; Yunhai Zhang | Zendy; Liang Tian | Zendy; Hengfei Luan | Zendy; Jiying Feng | Zendy

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Effect of Repetitive Intracutaneous Injections with Local Anesthetics and Steroids for Acute Thoracic Herpes Zoster and Incidence of Postherpetic Neuralgia

Author(s) -

Jizheng Cui,

Xiao-bao Zhang,

Pin Zhu,

Zhibin Zhao,

Zhu-sheng Geng,

Yunhai Zhang,

Liang Tian,

Hengfei Luan,

Jiying Feng

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

pain medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893

H-Index - 97

eISSN - 1526-4637

pISSN - 1526-2375

DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnw190

Subject(s) - medicine , postherpetic neuralgia , anesthesia , visual analogue scale , incidence (geometry) , local anesthetic , neuralgia , surgery , neuropathic pain , physics , optics

Treatment of established postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is difficult and often disappointing. In this study, we assessed the efficacy of repetitive intracutaneous injections with local anesthetics and steroids in acute thoracic herpes zoster (HZ) pain, herpetic eruption, and incidence of PHN.

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