PELVIC PAIN OF PERINEUM AND EXTERNAL GENITAL ORGANS
The pudental nerve innervates the perineum and external genitalia. Cases of neuropathic pain at this location are often due to compression of this nerve as well as the inferior cluneal nerves, branches of the posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh. Differences in location and character of pain guide the differential diagnosis. Diagnostic-therapeutic blocks of these nerves […]
INTERVENTIONAL TREATMENT OF HEADACHE
Interventional treatment of various types of headache based on results of prospective randomized studies includes nerve blocks and Botox injections with excellent results in reducing their frequency and intensity. In recent years there has been considerable literature on the use of nerve blocks in the treatment of chronic headache. Block of the greater occipital nerve […]
Nerve blocks in the clinical practice of pain therapy
Nerve blocks, synonymous with regional anesthesia, refer to the reversible interruption of nerve signal transmission with the use of various drugs (local anesthetics). This interruption of potential transmission can occur in any area where nerves are accessible to an external approach. It is the only pharmacological approach capable of stopping the pain. This is due […]
