by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Feb 13, 2011 | Conditions, Neuropathic Pain, syringomyelia
GENERAL Syringomyelia is a general term referring to a disorder in which a cyst or a cavity is formed within the spinal cord. This cyst, called a syrinx, may expand and elongate over time, damaging the spinal cord and ultimately leading to paralysis if appropriate...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Feb 13, 2011 | Conditions, Neuropathic Pain, Postinjury or Postoperative Neuropathy
GENERAL Post-traumatic and post-operative neuropathy refers to a neuropathic type of pain occurring after an injury or after a medical intervention, such as surgical operation, injection, radiotherapy etc. The patient usually suffers for a long time from intense pain...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Feb 12, 2011 | Conditions, Low Back Pain, Lower Limbs Pain, Lumbar Radicular Pain, Lumbar Radicular Pain (Sciatica)
GENERAL Lumbar radicular pain or sciatica, as most commonly known, is defined as pain induced by irritation, inflammation, pressure or injury of a lumbar spinal nerve. The pain is located in the ipsilateral lower extremity and is characterized as a sharp, stabbing,...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Feb 10, 2011 | Cervical and upper limb pain, Cervical Radicular Pain, Conditions
GENERAL Cervical radicular pain is the pain caused by irritation or inflammation or injury of a cervical spine nerve. The pain is located in the upper arm ipsilateral to the lesion and is acute, stabbing, electric shock-like. (3,4) Cervical radicular pain has to be...
