DIAGNOSTIC SPINAL-ANESTHESIA IN CHRONIC SPINAL-CORD INJURY PAIN

被引:42
作者
LOUBSER, PG
DONOVAN, WH
机构
[1] Spinal Cord Injury Pain Service (SCIPS), The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Department of Rehabilitation Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
来源
PARAPLEGIA | 1991年 / 29卷 / 01期
关键词
CHRONIC PAIN; INTRATHECAL INJECTIONS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;
D O I
10.1038/sc.1991.4
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号
摘要
In a double blind study, 21 patients with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) pain underwent placement of a lumbar subarachnoid catheter and injection of placebo and lidocaine. The effects on pain intensity, distribution, altered sensations and sensory level of anaesthesia were monitored. Four patients responded briefly to placebo, while 13 demonstrated a mean reduction of pain intensity of 37.8 +/- 37% for a mean duration of 123.1 +/- 95.3 minutes in response to lidocaine. The pain response to subarachnoid lidocaine differed significantly (p > 0.01) from placebo. Spinal anaesthesia was also associated with changes in pain distribution and altered sensation. A spinal anaesthetic-induced sensory level could not be achieved cephalad to the sensory level of neurological injury in 5 patients who presented with spinal canal obstruction. This study has demonstrated that response to diagnostic spinal anaesthesia in chronic SCI pain is complex, requiring individual interpretation in each patient and consideration of the following factors; symptomatology, etiology, pain perception, spinal canal anatomy, CSF chemistry and local anaesthetic pharmacology.
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