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...
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GENERAL Peripheral neuropathy is a type of neuropathic pain attributed to dysfunction of some...
GENERAL Entrapment neuropathy is caused by the prolonged compression or irritation of a nerve...
GENERAL Post-stroke pain or thalamic pain syndrome, is the type of chronic neuropathic pain...
GENERAL Diabetic polyneuropathy is one of the most common types of neuropathy. There are...
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME ANATOMY The transverse carpal ligament is the roof of the carpal tunnel,...
GENERAL Arthritis is a general term, meaning inflammation of joints. Osteoarthritis is the most...
CAUSES Meralgia Paraesthetica is the condition where the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is...
GENERAL The term “Alternative Therapy” is generally used to describe every medical treatment or...
GENERAL Fibromyalgia is a chronic painful disease, from which about 5 million people suffer only...
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...