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  • 标题:Treatment of radiation-induced cystitis and vulvodynia via a ganglion impar block using a lateral approach under computed tomography guidance: a case report
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  • 作者:Lee, Jeong-Eun ; Kwak, Kyung-Hwa ; Hong, Seong Wook
  • 期刊名称:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
  • 印刷版ISSN:2005-6419
  • 出版年度:2017
  • 卷号:70
  • 期号:1
  • 页码:81-85
  • DOI:10.4097/kjae.2017.70.1.81
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:The Korean Society of Anesthesiologists,
  • 摘要:

    Adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) after colorectal cancer surgery can prevent local recurrence, but has several side effects. Precise injection of drugs into the affected areas is complicated by radiation-induced fibrosis of soft or connective tissue. A 48-year-old woman experienced severe intractable perineal pain, dysuria, urinary urgency, and frequent urination after rectal cancer surgery and adjuvant RT, and was diagnosed with radiation-induced cystitis and vulvodynia. Her symptoms persisted despite two fluoroscopy-guided ganglion impar blocks. Fluoroscopy revealed atypical needle tip positioning and radiolucent dye distribution, presumably due to radiation-induced fibrosis in the target region. We performed two computed tomography (CT)-guided ganglion impar blocks by using a lateral approach, which allowed more accurate po-sitioning of the needle tip. Her pain visual analog score decreased from 9 to 3, and she recently resumed sexual intimacy. CT guidance is a viable alternative to fluoroscopy guidance when performing ganglion impar blocks in fibrotic areas.

  • 关键词:Cystitis; nerve block; Radiation; Radiotherapy; Sympathetic ganglia; vulvodynia
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