CAUSES Meralgia Paraesthetica is the condition where the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is compressed by the inguinal ligament, due to obesity, pregnancy or belt worn too tight around the waist. ANATOMY The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is part of the lumbar plexus...
GENERAL Thirty per cent (30%) of cancer patients suffer from pain during the diagnostic phase and 65-85% experience severe pain in more advanced stages of the disease. According to Cleeland et al, 67% of patients treated for the disease in an outpatient setting...
GENERAL Disc Degenerative Disease (DDD) is the distortion of the interior architecture of an intervertebral disc, not necessarily because of disc protrusion and with no clinical signs of nerve root compression. It is estimated that approximately 40% of patients...
GENERAL Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a chronic syndrome of neuropathic pain affecting the facial area. It is considered to be the most excruciating pain probably due to the fact that the facial region has a very dense distribution of sensory nerve endings per square...
GENERAL Osteoporotic vertebral fractures are quite common in the population and are mainly due to osteoporosis. The problem is that almost 2/3 of these fractures remain undiagnosed and are attributed to pain caused by muscle spasms or spondyloarthritis related to...
ANATOMY Joint is the meeting point of two or more bones. The joint allows the movement of bones. The bones of the spine are called vertebrae. Vertebrae are interconnected through facet joints, else known as zygoapophyseal joints or apophyseal joints. Every vertebra...
Head and Face Pain
GENERAL Approximately 5% of the patients who are referred to a pain clinic suffer from thoracic...
GENERAL A superior hypogastric plexus block is used to treat pelvic pain that is resistant to...
GENERAL For many years, chronic discogenic pain due to intradiscal degeneration was treated with...
GENERAL Ganglion IMPAR block is used to treat perineal pain and coccygodynia (coccygeal pain)....
GENERAL A special catheter is placed beside a peripheral nerve or nerve plexus with the aim of...
DESCRIPTION OF THE TECHNIQUE This technique is applied in patients suffering from intervertebral...
GENERAL The continuous subarachnoid injection of drastic drugs is a neuromodulation technique. The...
GENERAL Spinal cord stimulation is a neuromodulation therapy. The term “neuromodulation” refers to...
1. Intra-articular corticosteroid injection. Infusion of a solution of corticosteroid and local...
GENERAL The Piriformis Muscle Syndrome is a disorder in which the piriformis muscle irritates the...
GENERAL Spinal stenosis is the condition in which the spinal canal (i.e. the part of the spine...
GENERAL Disc Degenerative Disease (DDD) is the distortion of the interior architecture of an...
Panos Symeonidis Orthopaedic Surgeon Foot & Ankle Specialist www.foot-ankle.gr Introduction...
Dr. Charles A. Gauci MD FRCA FIPP FFPMRCA Consultant in Pain Medicine, Whipps Cross University...