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Ischaemic pain in Buerger's disease
Author(s) -
SADDLER J. M.,
CROSSE M. M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1988.tb08980.x
Subject(s) - medicine , buerger's disease , silastic , catheter , surgery , elbow , refractory (planetary science) , anesthesia , index finger , disease , physics , astrobiology , anatomy
Summary A female patient with Buerger's disease developed severe ischaemic pain in her left index finger which was refractory to several therapeutic measures. A silastic catheter inserted in the region of the, median nerve at the elbow was topped up intermittently with local anaesthetic for 6 weeks and effected excellent analgesia. The catheter was removed when the pain had abated, and the finger tip later amputated.