Background: To explain the role of arthroscopic release in intractable frozen shoulders. We used different questionnaires and measuring tools to understand whether arthroscopic release is the superior modality to treat patients with intractable frozen shoulders. Methods: Between 2007 and 2013, in a prospective study, we enrolled 80 patients (52 females and 28 males) with recalcitrant frozen sho...

the spinal cord stimulation is very useful treatment modality for intractable pain. The spinal cord stimulator (SCS) has been applied for the treatment of pain associated with many different disease entities, including intractable pain, headache, and angina pain. It has also been applied for non-pain-related conditions such as congestive heart failure, ischemic peripheral vascular disease, inte...

Introduction Multidisciplinary pain management is a useful method to treat chronic musculoskeletal pain. Few facilities in Japan administer a multidisciplinary pain management program, especially an inpatient program. Therefore, we implemented a multidisciplinary pain management program in our hospital based on biopsychosocial factors guided by the recommendations of the International Associati...

OBJECTIVE This case report presents an application of spinal cord stimulation to a patient with intractable abdominal pain Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome, that conventional treatment failed to ameliorate. MEASUREMENTS The patient underwent an uneventful spinal cord stimulator (SCS) trial with percutaneous placement of 2 temporal 8-electrode epidural leads (Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, Minne...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Several studies have been conducted on managing migraine headaches and developing effective medications for decreasing migraine-associated pain. CASE PRESENTATION Intravenous propofol was prescribed (10 mg every 5 min) for eight patients with intractable migraine headaches visiting the Emergency Department. The average pain score experienced by patients was recorded u...

OBJECTIVE Our goal was to determine the efficacy of spinal cord stimulation for patients with intractable post-herniorrhaphy pain which conventional treatment failed to ameliorate. PROCEDURE The patients underwent an uneventful spinal cord stimulator (SCS) trial with percutaneous placement of two eight-electrode epidural leads (Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, MN, USA) to level T7-T8-T9. RESULTS...

RATIONALE Some intractable chronic cough remains a common complaint for seeking medical care. Unexplained cough in lupus nephropathy patient is rare and therapeutic options are limited. PATIENT CONCERNS A 57 year-old woman with a 7-year history of lupus nephropathy. She has suffered from chronic cough for 3 years accompanied with chronic low back pain and fatigue, as the conventional therapy ...

Existential Psychological Theory was employed as a conceptual and theoretical foundation for the use of hypnotically facilitated therapy in the management of intractable pain, nausea, and vomiting in 3 end-stage, terminally ill cancer patients. The existential principles of death anxiety, existential isolation, and existential meaninglessness were addressed with a combination of classic and Eri...

In today's properly equipped hospitals, the anaesthesiologist administers anaesthesia for operative procedures and functions as a key member of teams involved in the care of critically-ill patients (intensive care therapy), in resuscitation of collapsed patients, in relieving pain associated with obstetric labour and in the management of patients with chronic intractable pain (often terminal ca...