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 Discography is a minimally invasive technique used to show to which extent one or more...
GENERAL Compression fractures due to osteoporosis occur to quite a great number of people...
GENERAL Adhesiolysis in the epidural region is known as the RACZ application, named after the man...
A). Selected drug injection (local anaesthetics, corticosteroids, alcohol, medical cement) into...
GENERAL Epidural steroid injections have been used for many years in the treatment of spinal pain....
DEFINITION OF PAIN (IASP - INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF PAIN) Pain is an unpleasant...
Group 1 Patients with mild to moderate pain should take: a non-opioid analgesic, such as...
Α. NOCICEPTIVE • PHYSICAL • VISCERAL Β. NON-NOCICEPTIVE PAIN • NEUROPATHIC • ...
GENERAL Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a chronic syndrome of neuropathic pain affecting the facial...
GENERAL Herpes zoster is caused by the Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV). When a patient has been...
GENERAL Coccygodynia is a painful disorder of the last part of the spine, right above the rectum....
ΑΝΤIDEPRESSANTS GENERAL Antidepressants are one of the very important groups of drugs used in the...
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...