Sympathetic Blocks Provided Sustained Pain Relief in a Patient with Refractory Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
The sympathetic nervous system has been implicated in pain associated with painful diabetic neuropathy. However, therapeutic intervention targeted at the sympathetic nervous system has not been established. We thus tested the hypothesis that sympathetic nerve blocks significantly reduce pain in a pa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Case Reports in Anesthesiology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/285328 |