A comprehensive approach to treatment of neuropathic pain after talus osteosynthesis (case report)
Abstract
Currently due to multimodal strategy, administration of analgesics with different mechanisms
of action and regional analgesia, the doses of analgesics and frequencies of adverse effects decrease and pain control improves. But in some cases the use of routine methods of postoperative
pain control is not enough. These cases, as the case of patient G. with acute neuropathic pain after
talus osteosynthesis, require analytical thinking for statement of correct diagnosis and comprehensive knowledge for successful treatment of the patient.
Keywords:pain, pain management, postoperative pain management, neuropathic pain, nerve damage, anticonvulsants, pregabalin, lidocain, schiatic nerve block, pulsed radiofrequency ablation
Clin. Experiment. Surg. Petrovsky J. 2017; 5 (2): 77–82.
DOI: 10.24411/2308-1198-2017-00037
Received: 25.07.2016. Accepted: 19.04.2017.
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