emphasize the importance to the surgeon nowadays of forecasting in advance if possible the pathology of the lesion to be treated, because the plan of attack sometimes depends on fore-knowledge of the pathology. (Operations for alleviation of pain were touched on, with special reference to trigeminal neuralgia. The characteristics of the paroxysmal neuralgia were outlined and the importance of d...

In 51 gynaecological patients the effect of an injectable salicylate (lysine acetylsalicylate 1.8 g) on postoperative pain was compared with that of morphine hydrochloride 10 mg. Both drugs were given i.m. No significant difference was found in the speed of action and degree of alleviation of pain. Nausea and vomiting were less frequent in the lysine acetylsalicylate group. This group showed a ...

Background Pain alleviation and improvement of functional status are the main objectives in the treatment of osteoarthritis. Artemisia absinthium (AA) was used traditionally in reducing pain and inflammation. The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of topical formulations of AA and piroxicam gel (PG) among patients with knee osteoarthritis. Methods In total, 90 outpatients age...

This case report describes a patient who developed palpitations and chest pain and was found to be in atrial fibrillation, which was likely due to the presence of an extra-cardiac mass. This was compressing the left atrium. The mass was related to small cell carcinoma, which decreased significantly in size after chemotherapy. Resolution of the atrial fibrillation correlated temporally with redu...

patients and methods we conducted an observational prospective study in adults proposed to various types of surgery using the brief pain inventory short form preoperatively (t0), one day after surgery, and three months later (t3). if the patient had pain at t3 and other causes of pain were excluded, they were considered to have ppp, and the mcgill pain questionnaire short form was applied. qol ...

Who was truly capable of experiencing pain? In this article, I explore ideas about the distribution of bodily sensitivity in patients from the early nineteenth century to 1965 in Anglo-American societies. While certain patients were regarded as "truly hurting," other patients' distress could be disparaged or not even registered as being "real pain." Such judgments had major effects on regimes o...

We describe a 36-year-old woman with livedo vasculitis (atrophie blanche) lasting for 15 years. After the failure of numerous therapeutic modalities the patient was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin. Significant resolution of the cutaneous lesions was seen with a concomitant alleviation of pain. To the best of our knowledge this is the first patient with livedo vasculitis described in the...

We report a case of degenerative L4-L5 spondylolisthesis in a 32-year-old female who had undergone thoracic (lower level T12) fusion as a teenager. All other levels in the lumbar spine were normal on magnetic resonance imaging. Subsequent fusion of L4-L5 led to improvement in function and alleviation of pain for more than 4 years. The possible relationship between the previous fusion and degene...

Pseudoaneurysm of the cavernosal artery is quite rare. Herein, we describe color Doppler findings of post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the right cavernosal artery in a 19-year-old adolescent boy who presented with right hip pain. Doppler showed turbulence of flow with arterial inflow and outflow from the aneurysm. Selective transarterial catheterization of the internal iliac and internal pudenta...

This article presents an overview of physical therapy management for patients with pathological musculoskeletal conditions of the shoulder. The importance of a thorough physical examination is stressed because proper treatment is based on this information. The primary goals of management should include the alleviation of acute inflammation and pain and the avoidance of subsequent soft tissue sh...