BJA Advance Access originally published online on January 23, 2006
British Journal of Anaesthesia 2006 96(3):381-383; doi:10.1093/bja/ael007
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Repetitive paravertebral nerve block using a catheter technique for pain relief in post-herpetic neuralgia
1 Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2 Research Unit and 3 Paediatric Intensive Care, Makassed General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon. 4 Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon. 5 Department of Anaesthesiology, Sahel General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.
* Corresponding author: Chairman of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine Department, Makassed General Hospital, PO Box 11-6301, Riad El-Solh 11072210, Beirut, Lebanon. E-mail: zouhnaja{at}yahoo.com
We described in this report a case of post-herpetic neuralgia refractory to medical therapy that was successfully treated with repetitive injections of local aesthetic mixture (bupivacaine 0.5% 19 ml and clonidine 150 µg ml1 1 ml) every 48 h for 3 weeks using a paravertebral catheter inserted at T2T3 level.
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