AIM To evaluate the effectiveness of invasive procedures in medically intractable genitofemoral and ilioingunal neuralgia. MATERIAL AND METHODS This is a prospective study of 20 patients with genitofemoral and ilioinguinal neuralgias who were treated at our medical center between 2007 and 2011. Genitofemoral and ilioinguinal nerve blocks were performed in all cases after medical treatment had...

Meniere's disease is typically characterized by the classic symptomatological triad consisting of vertigo associated with nausea and vomiting, fluctuating but progressive hearing loss, and tinnitus. Aural fullness is also a frequent symptom. The main pathophysiological substrate of Meniere's disease is certainly endolymphatic hydrops, the etiology of which is probably multifactorial, but still ...

BACKGROUND Neuropathic inguinodynia following inguinal hernia repair sometimes becomes a disabling disease. We report a case of successful surgical treatment of chronic refractory neuropathic pain after inguinal hernia by laparoscopic retroperitoneal triple neurectomy. CASE PRESENTATION A seventy-year-old male who underwent right-side inguinal hernia repair using the Lichtenstein method revis...

Posterior digital neurectomy by the guillotine technique resulted in longer duration of cutaneous desensitization of the heels and less neuroma formation compared with perineural capping, CO2 laser coagulation, or CO2 laser transection techniques. Authors’ address: Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, P.O. Box 1938,...