Abstract | AIM: MATERIAL AND METHODS: A randomized prospective comparative clinical study was conducted in two groups treated with articaine (n=22) or lidocaine (n=21). The therapeutic great occipital nerve blocks were performed on the 1st, 3d and 5th days of treatment. The efficacy of treatment was assessed by the pain intensity measured with the Visual Analogue scale (VAS) and the duration of individual pain paroxysms on the 5th and 10th days. RESULTS: The baseline VAS pain intensity was 6.3±1.2 and 5.9±2.0 centimeters, whereas the duration of individual pain paroxysms was 7.8±2.3 and 9.1±2.8 hours in the articaine group and the lidocaine group, respectively. By the 5th day, there was a more dramatically decrease in VAS pain intensity and duration in the articaine group (up to 3.0±0.8 and 4.3±1.2 centimeters VAS (p<0.05)) compared to the lidocaine group (up to 1.9±0.6 to 4.8±1.3 hours (p<0.05)). By the 10th day, the pain intensity did not differ between groups (1.2±0.5 and 1.7±0.7 centimeters (p>0.05)). The duration of pain episodes was still lower in the articaine group (0.5±0.08 hours) compared to the lidocaine group (2.4±0.8 hours) (p<0.05). CONCLUSION:
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Authors | O I Zagorulko, L A Medvedeva |
Journal | Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova
(Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova)
Vol. 119
Issue 11
Pg. 37-40
( 2019)
ISSN: 1997-7298 [Print] Russia (Federation) |
Vernacular Title | Éffektivnost' lechebnykh blokad u patsientov s tservikogennoĭ golovnoĭ bol'iu. |
PMID | 31851170
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
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Chemical References |
- Anesthetics, Local
- Lidocaine
- Carticaine
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Topics |
- Anesthetics, Local
(administration & dosage)
- Carticaine
(administration & dosage)
- Double-Blind Method
- Humans
- Lidocaine
(administration & dosage)
- Nerve Block
- Pain Measurement
- Post-Traumatic Headache
(therapy)
- Prospective Studies
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