zoster-related pain/herpetic neuralgia
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1:Thoracic sympathetic nerve block+Bipolar High-Voltage, Long-Duration Pulsed Radiofrequency
Group 2:Bipolar High-Voltage, Long-Duration Pulsed Radiofrequency alone
Sponsors
The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Understand and voluntarily endorse informed consent; 2. Male or female and 18 years of age or older; 3. One month after the rash onset; 4. Pain(rash site)is located between Thoracic3 to Thoracic10; 5. Patients who underwent Bipolar High-Voltage, Long-Duration Pulsed Radiofrequency in our department and the VAS?4 before the procedure; 6. Intraoperative imaging (Computed tomography) of patients can be found in hospital information system(HIS) 7. Patients who can be able to follow the drug dose and the follow-up plan; 8. Patients who can objectively describe the symptoms, can take the initiative to cooperate, without any mental illness.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with malignant tumor or with a history of malignant tumor; patients who were diagnosed with psychiatric diseases; Patients with mild pain(Vas<4) before the procedure; No follow-up data after the procedure.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| VisuaAnalogue Scale/Score(VAS);Daily sleep interference score(SIS); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| analgesic (including antiepileptic agents) consumption;Complications of the procedure; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactTao Song
The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University
Outcome results
None listed