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322 Original article Efficacy of paravertebral block versus local lidocaine/capsaicin in the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia Ahmed N. El-Shaer and Amr Abdel-Fattah Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Background Pain Management, Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is an extreme form of neuropathic pain. Although University, Cairo, Egypt a number of treatment options are available, drug interactions and side effects Correspondence to Ahmed N. El-Shaer, MD, frequently limit their use. This study aimed to compare the efficacy of repeated Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Pain Management, Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams paravertebral block with that of topical sequential lidocaine/capsaicin therapy, University, PO Box 11566, Cairo, Egypt considering the degree of patient comfort, in the management of pain of PHN Tel: + 002/01006605519; e-mail: anashaer94@yahoo.com after resolution of the acute phase. Patients and methods Received 22 December 2012 Accepted 13 January 2013 We compared the efficacy of repeated paravertebral block with that of topical sequential lidocaine/capsaicin therapy, considering the degree of patient comfort, Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology 2013, 6:322–328 in the management of pain of PHN after resolution of the acute phase in 80 patients divided into two equal groups. The patients in group I received topical lidocaine 2%
Ain-Shams Journal of Anaesthesiology – Wolters Kluwer Health
Published: Sep 1, 2013
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