医学
开胸手术
外科
肋间神经
麻醉
弱点
神经痛
神经病理性疼痛
出处
期刊:Pain
[Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer)]
日期:2003-05-01
卷期号:103 (1): 221-223
被引量:7
标识
DOI:10.1016/s0304-3959(02)00446-3
摘要
Persistent pain is common following thoracotomy. A 64-year-old retired electrician with Type 2 diabetes presented with chest wall and abdominal pain 3 months following video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Postoperatively the patient had suffered pain despite a functioning thoracic epidural catheter. Following investigation, his persistent pain was due to diabetic thoracic radiculopathy (DTR). The disorder is characterized by pain, sensory loss, abdominal and thoracic muscle weakness in patients with diabetes. As in this patient, the pain and sensory loss usually resolve within one year after onset. The disorder may be distinguished from intercostal neuralgia based upon clinical and electromyographic features.
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