Juntendo University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Ann Acad Med Singap. 2009 Nov;38(11):1004-6.
Excellent outcomes were achieved with spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for 7 to 10 days on 2 patients who developed postherpetic neuralgia. Both patients were within 2 to 3 months of the onset of the condition, and nerve blocks provided only temporary pain relief and drug therapies had poor efficacy. The authors believe that limited-duration SCS for subacute postherpetic neuralgia is a useful treatment approach that may prevent the pain from progressing to chronic postherpetic neuralgia.
对 2 例发生带状疱疹后神经痛的患者进行了为期 7 至 10 天的脊髓刺激（SCS）治疗，取得了良好的效果。这 2 名患者均在发病后 2 至 3 个月内，神经阻滞仅提供暂时的疼痛缓解，药物治疗效果不佳。作者认为，对亚急性带状疱疹后神经痛进行有限时间的 SCS 治疗是一种有效的治疗方法，可防止疼痛进展为慢性带状疱疹后神经痛。
