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Ultrasound-Guided Infraorbital Nerve Pulsed Radiofrequency Treatment for Intractable Postherpetic Neuralgia - A Case Report -

  • Lim, Seung Mo (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Park, Hae Lang (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Moon, Hyong Yong (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Kang, Kyung Ho (Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Kang, Hyun (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Baek, Chong Hwa (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Jung, Yong Hun (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Kim, Jin Yun (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Koo, Gill Hoi (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Shin, Hwa Yong (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University)
  • Received : 2012.09.18
  • Accepted : 2012.11.17
  • Published : 2013.01.01
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Abstract

A 60-year-old man presented with pain on the left cheek and lateral nose. The patient had been diagnosed with facial herpes zoster in the left V2 area 6 months previously. Medical treatment was prescribed for 6 months but it had little effect. We blocked the left infraorbital nerve under ultrasound guidance, but pain relief was short term. Therefore, we performed pulsed radiofrequency treatment on the left infraorbital nerve under ultrasound guidance. Six months after the procedure, the reduction of pain was still maintained, and there was no need for further management.

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