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Peripheral Nerve Stimulator (peripheral + nerve_stimulator)
Selected AbstractsNeurolytic phenol blockade of the obturator nerve for severe adductor spasticityACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA, Issue 1 2010T. AKKAYA Background: In this study, we present the 3-month follow-up results of a retrospective analysis of obturator nerve (ON) phenol neurolysis performed between 2000 and 2007 in patients with adductor spasticity. Methods: The study was performed by retrospective investigation of the clinical follow-up results of 80 ON phenol treatments in 62 patients. Neurolysis using 5,10 ml 6% phenol was applied with the guidance of fluoroscopy and a peripheral nerve stimulator. Pain, spasticity and hygiene were evaluated and the hip abduction range of motion (ROM) was measured at the end of the first week and in the first, second and third months following the intervention. Results: The visual analogue scale scores decreased significantly in the first week, first month and the second month, but reached their initial values in the third month. A drastic increase in the ROM values was shown in hip abduction in the first week, first month and second month. An increase in the Ashworth Scale values was observed in the second and third months, but they did not reach their initial values. The hygiene score decreased drastically in the first week and the first and second months, but worsened in the third month. The success rate in nerve localization during ON neurolysis was 100%. Conclusion: ON phenol blockade with fluoroscopy and peripheral nerve stimulator guidance in patients with adductor spasticity led to a decrease in spasticity and pain with an increase in the ROM of the hip and better hygiene with an efficacy lasting for about 3 months. [source] Inhibition of a pacemaker during nerve stimulation for regional anaesthesia,ANAESTHESIA, Issue 10 2007L. Engelhardt Summary Electromagnetic interference is an important cause of pacemaker malfunction. We describe a case in which the use of a peripheral nerve stimulator at a pulse duration of 1 ms and a current of 1.4 mA led to complete but transient inhibition of a permanent pacemaker in a 73-year-old female who had undergone a total shoulder replacement. [source] A peripheral nerve stimulator for nerve location controlled by the scrubbed anaesthetistANAESTHESIA, Issue 10 2002C. Ayoub Summary This newly designed peripheral nerve stimulator allows the scrubbed anaesthetist performing a nerve block to adjust the electrical current output needed for localisation of the target nerve without the need for an assistant. [source] Use of a peripheral nerve stimulator for predicting caudal epidural analgesiaANAESTHESIA, Issue 8 2000M. Singh [source] | ||||||||||