Neuromodulación espinal cervical  en el tratamiento de la cervicobraquialgia neuropática postherpética intratable en una escolar: Reporte de un caso

Abraham Krivoy; Jaime Krivoy; Mauricio Krivoy; Magalys Tabasca; Victoria Lozada

doi:10.47924/neurotarget2007367

Cervical spinal neuromodulation in the treatment of intractable postherpetic neuropathic cervicobrachialgia in a schoolgirl: Case report

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Abraham Krivoy Children's Hospital “J. M. de Los Ríos”, from Caracas. Venezuela.
Jaime Krivoy Children's Hospital “J. M. de Los Ríos”, from Caracas. Venezuela.
Mauricio Krivoy Children's Hospital “J. M. de Los Ríos”, from Caracas. Venezuela.
Magalys Tabasca Children's Hospital “J. M. de Los Ríos”, from Caracas. Venezuela.
Victoria Lozada Children's Hospital “J. M. de Los Ríos”, from Caracas. Venezuela.

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https://doi.org/10.47924/neurotarget2007367

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postherpetic neuropathy, spinal neuromodulation, cervicobrachialgia

Abstract

We present the case of a 10 years old female pediatric patient with severe, refractory, postherpetic neuropathic cervicobrachialgia of two years of evolution, who had acceptable resolution of her condition and was reincorporated to school after the electrical neuromodulation of the cervical spinal cord.

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2007-11-01

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Krivoy A, Krivoy J, Krivoy M, Tabasca M, Lozada V. Cervical spinal neuromodulation in the treatment of intractable postherpetic neuropathic cervicobrachialgia in a schoolgirl: Case report. NeuroTarget [Internet]. 2007 Nov. 1 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];2(3):45-9. Available from: https://neurotarget.com/index.php/nt/article/view/367

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2007): NeuroTarguet

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