Phantom limb syndrome (PLS) is a condition that occurs in amputee patients that has a wide array of different treatment approaches. We present the case of a patient diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) of the right upper limb secondary to polytrauma with complete brachial plexus injury, w...
Cesarean section is the most frequent surgery in the world and postoperative pain is commonly reported as moderate to severe. Thus, timely multimodal analgesia, based on systemic agents and neuraxial hydrophilic opioids, is the current recommended standard. The role of peripheral nerve blocks has accumul...
Abstract Objective: To observe the effects of preoperative right stellate ganglion block on perioperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing lung lobectomy. Methods: Two hundred patients who underwent a scheduled lobectomy were randomly divided into the S and C groups. The S group was injected ...
The electric storm is an emergency whose handling is very demanding. Our case report describes a patient with multiple episodes of ventricular tachycardia, refractory to conventional therapy (antiarrhythmics, beta blockers and sedoanalgesia) where the sympathetic activity of the heart seems to play a cru...
Abstract Background and objectives Sympathectomy is one of the therapies used in the treatment of chronic obstructive arterial disease (COAD). Although not considered as first-line strategy, it should be considered in the management of pain difficult to control. This clinical case describes the evolutio...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: management of pain in painful blind eyes is still a challenge. Corticosteroids and hypotensive agents, as well as evisceration and enucleation, are some of the strategies employed so far that are not always effective and, depending on the strategy, cause a deep emotional shock ...
