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A Survey on Clinical Characteristics of patients Visiting Pain Clinics (통증클리닉 내원환자의 임상적 특성에 관한 분석)

  • Jo, Dae Hyun;Hong, Ji Hee;Kim, Myoung Hee
    • The Korean Journal of Pain
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.146-150
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    • 2005
  • Background: Recently, the number of patients visiting pain clinics has been increasing with the augmented concerns of those patients about the management of their pain. We conducted this study in order to elucidate the characteristics of patients visiting pain clinics and to determine a method to further raise their awareness about pain treatment. Methods: We reviewed 1,424 new patients who visited our pain clinic from March 2003 to December 2004. We analyzed these patients according to their age and sex, treatment method before visiting the pain clinic, coexisting disease, chief complaint and pain location, resident district, route of visiting pain clinic, and degree of impairment due to pain by use of questionnaire. Results: In age distribution, the largest proportion (23.5%) was in their 50's. Most patients (64.0%) had received treatment in an oriental medicine clinic before visiting the pain clinic. The most common coexisting disease was hypertension (20.3%) and low back pain was the most common chief complaint (68.3%). Most of the patients lived in Gyeonggido (87%) and most visited our pain clinic on the recommendation of other patients who had visited our pain clinic before. Conclusions: We need to guide pain patients to undergo proper treatment much earlier using patient education or a referral system. Moreover, we should be more careful in patients with diabetes mellitus, and should have greater concern in the treatment of low back pain.

A Clinical Survey of the Patients in Neuro-Pain Clinic at Ajou University (신경통증클리닉 환자의 1년간 통계고찰)

  • Park, Eun Jung;Han, Kyung Ream;Kim, Do Wan;Kim, Chan
    • The Korean Journal of Pain
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.181-185
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    • 2007
  • Background: The first pain clinic opened in korea in 1973 at Yonsei University Hospital, however, since then the number of pain clinics has gradually increased, as has the number of patients visiting them. This increase in patient has caused concerns about the way in which pain is managed, therefore, we conducted a retrospective review of data according to the sex, age and disease in an attept to aid us in planning for the future of our pain clinic. Methods: We analyzed 1,282 new patients who had visited our pain clinic and 828 inpatients who were admitted to our pain clinic between March 2006 and February 2007. Results: The most frequent age group was in the sixties in outpatient and in the seventies in inpatient. In addition, the incidence of disease in new patients and inpatients was as follows: in new patients, lumbar herniated intervertebral disc 16.5%, hyperhidrosis 12.3%, cervical disc disorder 10.5%, acute herpes zoster 8.2%, postherpetic neuralgia 7.9%, and trigeminal neuralgia 7.0%; in admitted patients, acute herpes zoster 17.6%, trigeminal neuralgia 15.6%, lumbar herniated intervertebral disc 13.0%, postherpetic neuralgia 11.2%, hyperhidrosis 9.8%, and complex regional pain syndrome 7.0%. Conclusions: The patients visiting our pain clinic have presented with a wide variety of diseases. This improved care reflects an effort to expand our fields not only to the management of outpatients but also inpatients, as well as to the treatment of new fields of disease. In the future, We need to manage various pain patients not only in outpatients but also in inpatients to expand our field even through pain clinic is rapidly growing in Korea.

The Effect of Ganglion Impar Block for Excessive Perianal Sweating -A case report- (외톨이 교감신경절 차단을 이용한 항문 주위 다한증의 치험 -증례 보고-)

  • Lee, Hyo-Keun;Yang, Seung-Kon;Lee, Hee-Jeon;Lee, Seong-Yeon;Kim, Seong-Mo;Kim, Boo-Seong;Kim, Chan;Kim, Soon-Yul
    • The Korean Journal of Pain
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.363-366
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    • 1995
  • Blockade of the ganglion impar was performed as an alternertive means of managing intractable neoplastic perineal pain of sympathetic origin. We successively treated a patient who had suffered from excessive perianal sweating with ganglion impar block using pure alcohol. Eight months after block, the patient has no complaint of perianal sweating. Ganglion impar block is an effective method in the treatment of excessive perianal sweating as well as perineal pain of sympathetic origin.

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Hypotension during Percutaneous Vertebroplasty with PMMA (Polymethylmethacrylate) -A case report- (경피적 추체 성형술 중 발생한 저혈압 -증례 보고-)

  • Park, Jin-Woo;Kim, Haa-Soo;Lim, Se-Hun;Kim, Jeong-Hun;Jeong, Soon-Ho;Choe, Young-Kyun;Kim, Young-Jae;Shin, Chee-Mahn;Park, Ju-Yuel
    • The Korean Journal of Pain
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.126-129
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    • 2000
  • Age-related osteoporotic compression fractures occur frequently in old aged group recently. Percutaneous vertebroplasty has recently been introduced as a therapeutic method for the treatment of pain associated with osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture. Percutaneous intravertebral injection of PMMA (polymethylmethacrylate) results in marked reduction in pain and morbidity. Among complications during vertebroplasty with PMMA, pulmonary embolism is repotred occasionally but the reports about hypotension are not common. This case is a report of a patient whom significant hypotension occured during percutaneous vertebroplasty.

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A Clinical Review of the Patients in the Kim Chan Pain Clinic (김 찬 신경통증클리닉 환자의 통계고찰)

  • Han, Kyung-Ream;Park, Won-Bong;Kim, Wook-Seoung;Lee, Jae-Cheul;Lee, Kyung-Jin;Kim, Chan
    • The Korean Journal of Pain
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.101-104
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    • 1998
  • Backgrouds: Twent five years have passed since the opening of the first pain clinic in korea, in 1973 at Yonsei University Hospital. The number of pain clinics are gradually increasing in recent times. It is important to plan for future pain clinics with emphasis on improving the quality of pain management. Therefore we reviewed the patients in our hospital to help us in planning for the future of our pain clinic. Methods: We analyzed 2656 patients who had visited our Kim Chan Pain Clinic, accordance to age, sex, disease, and type of treatment block, from July 1996 to August 1997. Results: The prevalent age group was in the fifties, 27.3%, seventy years and older compromised 9.2%. The most common disease were as follows: lower back pain(46.2%); cervical and upper extremities pain(23.1%); trigeminal neuralgia(7.2%); and hyperhydrosis(5.8%) Both nerve blocks and medication were prescribed as treatment. Lumbar epidural block(16.3%) and stellate ganglion block(15.6%) were the most frequent blocks performed among various nerve blocks. Among nerve block under C-arm guidance, lumbar facet joint block(24.4%) and lumbar root block(22.5%) were performed most frequently. Trigeminal nerve block(18.4%), thoracic(17.0%) and lumbar sympathetic ganglion block(11.4%) were next most prevalent blocks performed frequent block. Conclusions: Treatments at our hospital were focused on nerve blocks and medications prescriptions. Nerve blocks are of particular importance in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain. However in future, to raise the quality of pain management, we need to fucus on a multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary team approach.

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The Rectus Abdominis Syndrome -A case report- (직복근 증후군 환자에서의 치료 경험 -증례 보고-)

  • Park, Jin-Woo;Kim, Jeong-Hun;Shin, Yong-Chool;Jeong, Soon-Ho;Choe, Young-Kyun;Kim, Young-Jae;Shin, Chee-Mahn;Park, Ju-Yuel
    • The Korean Journal of Pain
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.123-125
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    • 2000
  • Rectus abdominis syndrome is the abdominal pain which occurs in the distribution of the medial or lateral cutaneous branch of the 7~12th intercostal nerves. It is frequently cause that results in unnecessary pain and expense to patient. The physical examination is difficult because of severe abdominal pain. We must have attention to the possibility that patients with abdominal pain, in whom no intra- abdominal cause is founded, may suffer from this presumed nerve entrapment syndrome. If we can find the cause of pain in the abdominal rectus muscle, no evaluation and surgery are required and therapy can be simple.

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Management of Spinal Cord Injury Pain with Small Divided Doses of Intravenous Ketamine -Two case reports- (케타민의 소량 분할 정주에 의한 척수손상 환자의 통증 관리 -증례 보고-)

  • Han, Chan-Soo;Park, Jin-Hyeok;Kim, Jin-Soo;Kim, Il-Ho;Kim, Yu-Jae;Kim, Chun-Sook;Ahn, Ki-Ryang
    • The Korean Journal of Pain
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.123-127
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    • 1999
  • Chronic pain is a frequent complication after spinal cord injury. Various medical and surgical approaches have been applied for management of spinal cord injury pain but none of them are definitive. The N-methyl-D-Aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, ketamine has been reported to have a significant effect in the management of neuropathic pain. We used small divided doses of intravenous ketamine (30 mg divided by 6 equals 5 mg, 5 min interval) in spinal cord injury patients suffering from chronic pain, and accomplished significant pain relief without side effects.

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Effect of Repeated Lumbar Sympathetic Ganglion Block with Triamcinolone on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome of Vascular Origin -A case report- (혈관성 원인의 복합부위통증증후군에서의 Triamcinolone을 사용한 반복적 요부교감신경절차단의 효과 -증례 보고-)

  • Jung, Sung-Mee;Han, Kyung-Ream;Ock, Kyung-Jong;Park, Soo-Kyeong;Kim, Chan;Kim, Jin-Soo;Hwang, Hyuk-E
    • The Korean Journal of Pain
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.118-122
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    • 2001
  • Complex regional pain syndrome type I of vascular origin is difficult to detect unless the classic symptoms and signs exist and/or overt extremity trauma has precipitated the pain. The diagnosis is confirmed by relief of pain following a sympathetic nerve blockade. A 36-year-old woman with arterial occlusive disease of the right lower extremity presented with burning pain and hyperesthesia after sprain had occurred which was accompanied by motor weakness of right ankle. A lumbar sympathetic ganglion blockade with 2% lidocaine 10 ml and triamcinolone 80 mg produced prompt improvement of the pain and motion.

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Ganglion Impar Block in the Management of Rectal Tenesmoid Pain (항문 이급후중의 치료에 있어 외톨이 신경절 차단)

  • Kim, Soo-Kwan;Ahn, Cheol-Soo;Cho, Yong-Roew;Lim, So-Young;Shin, Keun-Man;Hong, Soon-Yong;Choi, Young-Ryong
    • The Korean Journal of Pain
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.226-228
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    • 1996
  • Rectal tenesmus is a persistent, painful and ineffectual sensation of straining at stool or opening of the bowels. The pain is usually spasmodic in nature and most commonly encountered in patients with carcinoma of the rectum or other pelvic organs. In 1988, Bristowand Foster reported that patients with severe spasmodic painful tenesmus were relieved with chemical sympathectomy. In 1990, Plancarte introduced block of Ganglion impar. This technique is proposed as an alternative means of managing localized perineal pain of sympathetic origin. Ganglion impar block was performed on a 54-year-old female patient when analgesic or psychotropic drugs failed to control the symptoms of post-traumatic severe spasmodic painful tenesmus. Postoperatively, patient was free of tenesmoid pain for only 7 days. We then performed neurotomy by RF lesion generator which provided complete pain relief.

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