neuropathic pain
Conditions
Interventions
control group:Simple CT guidance
test group:Ultrasound pre-positioning + CT verification
Sponsors
Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 90 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 18~90 years old, gender is not limited; 2. Meet the diagnostic criteria for NP as defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), and be clinically and imaging (e.g., MRI/CT) proven to be DRG-related NP (e.g., postherpetic neuralgia, lumbar disc herniation with radicular pain, lumbar postoperative pain syndrome, etc.); 3. Pain duration >= 1 month; 4. resting visual analogue score (VAS) >= 4; 5. Ineffective conservative treatment (e.g., medication, physiotherapy, etc.) (pain relief <50%); 6. Understand and co-operate with the pain assessment and treatment process; 7. Voluntarily participate in the study and sign the informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. in the contraindications to pulsed radiofrequency therapy (e.g. internal implantation of electronic devices such as pacemakers, defibrillators, etc.); 2. in coagulation disorders (prothrombin time >1.2 times the normal range, activated partial thromboplastin time >1.2 times the normal range or platelet count 160 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure >100 mmHg); 5. Mental illness (e.g. schizophrenia, major depressive disorder) or cognitive impairment that prevents co-operation with treatment and assessment; 6. Pregnant or breastfeeding women; 7. History of previous radiofrequency treatment or surgery for targeted segmental DRG; 8. allergy to local anaesthetics (e.g. lidocaine) or contrast media; 9. Participants in other concurrent clinical studies.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| CT radiation dose;Number of punctures; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| total operation time;pain relief rate;adverse reactions; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactLi Chunye
Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University
Outcome results
None listed