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Evaluation of the efficacy of pulsed radiofrequency therapy in patients with lumbosacral radicular pain: An analysis of single-center data. 评估脉冲射频疗法对腰骶部根性疼痛患者的疗效：单中心数据分析。

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Agri-The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.14744/agri.2022.60234

Gökhan Yıldız, Şeref Çelik, Erkan Yavuz Akçaboy, Şaziye Şahin, Samet Sancar Kaya, Müge Baran, Hamit Göksu

{"title":"Evaluation of the efficacy of pulsed radiofrequency therapy in patients with lumbosacral radicular pain: An analysis of single-center data.","authors":"Gökhan Yıldız, Şeref Çelik, Erkan Yavuz Akçaboy, Şaziye Şahin, Samet Sancar Kaya, Müge Baran, Hamit Göksu","doi":"10.14744/agri.2022.60234","DOIUrl":"10.14744/agri.2022.60234","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: Lumbosacral radicular pain (LRP) is one of the most common causes of neuropathic pain. This pain often arises from inflammation in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) or spinal nerves. Despite various treatment modalities, success rates are not very high in chronic LRP cases. Pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) therapy, frequently applied to the DRG, is widely used, but its effectiveness is often questioned in various studies. The primary aim of our study is to evaluate the effectiveness of PRF treatment in 154 patients.Methods: Patients with LRP for longer than 3 months, treated with PRF, were included in this study. To assess the efficacy of PRF treatment, numerical rating scale (NRS) scores were evaluated at the 4th-week and 6th-month follow-ups.Results: The NRS scores were significantly lower at the 4th-week and 6th-month follow-ups compared to pre-treatment levels (p<0.001). However, there was no significant difference between the mean NRS scores at the 4th week and 6th month.Conclusion: Success in interventional pain procedures is often considered as at least a 50% reduction in pain scores. The success rate for PRF treatment for LRP in the literature varies between 30% and 60%, which is similar to our findings at the 4th week and 6th month. PRF treatment is widely used due to its low side-effect profile and cost-effectiveness in the long term. There is no fully standardized practice regarding procedural aspects, such as the duration of the application, and prospective studies with larger participation are needed.","PeriodicalId":45603,"journal":{"name":"Agri-The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67312687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The effectiveness of high dose steroid in post-corona severe headache. 大剂量类固醇治疗电晕后严重头痛的疗效。

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Agri-The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.14744/agri.2022.33410

TepeNermin, TertemizOktay Faysal

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The effect of erector spinae plane block on the use of anesthetic medications in lumbar spine surgery. 竖脊肌平面阻滞对腰椎手术麻醉药物使用的影响。

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Agri-The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.14744/agri.2022.48992

NashibiMasoud, SezariParisa, SafariFarhad, TeymourianHouman, AsgariSogol, MottaghiKamran

{"title":"The effect of erector spinae plane block on the use of anesthetic medications in lumbar spine surgery.","authors":"NashibiMasoud, SezariParisa, SafariFarhad, TeymourianHouman, AsgariSogol, MottaghiKamran","doi":"10.14744/agri.2022.48992","DOIUrl":"10.14744/agri.2022.48992","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: To reduce the drug side effects and facilitate the emergence from anesthesia after complex spine surgery, various methods have been proposed. One of these methods is ESPB, which has been less studied. Hence, we conducted this study to evaluate the effectiveness of ESPB on the use of anesthetic drugs in lumbar spine surgery.Methods: In this study, 70 patients undergoing lumbar spine fusion surgery were studied. Patients were randomly divided into two groups: the case group (n=35), in which bilateral ESPB was done, and the control group (n=35). After standard anesthesia protocols, anesthesia was maintained with isoflurane in both groups. Intraoperative isoflurane and perioperative opioid consumption were recorded. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software version 21.Results: Intraoperative use of fentanyl in the case group was significantly lower than the control group (14.29±21.5 vs. 65.96±73.33 µg, p<0.001). Furthermore, isoflurane consumption in the intervention group compared to the controls was significantly lower (20.71±5.02 versus 28.83±8.68 mL, p<0.001). Moreover, the emergence time was significantly shorter in the case group than in the control group (8.49±4.30 minutes versus 15.00±4.94, p<0.001). In the post-anesthesia care unit 1 h after surgery, the pain scores in the case group were significantly lower than the controls (p<0.001).Conclusion: ESPB under ultrasound guidance is an effective method of regional anesthesia/analgesia for lumbar spine surgery (fusion) by decreasing the consumption of anesthetics during and following the surgery.","PeriodicalId":45603,"journal":{"name":"Agri-The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67312804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The investigation of antidepressant and anxiolytic effects of pregabalin and its mechanisms of action in rats 普瑞巴林抗抑郁、抗焦虑作用及其作用机制的研究

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Agri-The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.14744/agri.2022.98474

S. Aydin

{"title":"The investigation of antidepressant and anxiolytic effects of pregabalin and its mechanisms of action in rats","authors":"S. Aydin","doi":"10.14744/agri.2022.98474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14744/agri.2022.98474","url":null,"abstract":"OBJECTIVES Pregabalin (PGB) is used in drug-resistant epilepsy. Also, it has analgesic effects in painful syndromes. Depression and anxiety are commonly seen in epilepsy and neuropathic pain patients. PGB is often combined with anxiolytics and antidepressants. We aimed to investigate the antidepressant and anxiolytic effects of PGB and compare its effects with those of antidepressant and anxiolytic drugs and their combined use. METHODS Wistar Albino rats were used, and PGB (5, 10, 20, and 40 mg/kg), amitriptylin (AMT), fluoxetine (FLX), ketamine (KET), and diazepam (DZM), as well as combinations of PGB (20 mg/kg) with AMT, FLX, KET, and DZM, were administered. Elevated plus maze, forced swimming, and locomotor activity tests were performed. RESULTS In the elevated plus maze, PGB10, 20, 40, AMT, FLX, and DZM increased open arm time. The PGB20+FLX combination increased compared to PGB20. In forced swimming, PGB doses increased immobility time. AMT, FLX, DZM, and KET decreased compared to control and PGB doses. Other combinations of PGB20 reversed immobility time, except FLX. In locomotor activity, PGB20, AMT, KET, and DZM decreased distance. CONCLUSION PGB had a depressant effect in all doses and a dose-dependently anxiolytic effect. In combinations of PGB with AMT, KET, and DZM, it reversed their antidepressant effects. We assumed FLX could be preferred instead of AMT in patients using PGB. When PGB is used in combination, drug interactions should be considered. These results are also very remarkable in terms of pharmacoeconomics.","PeriodicalId":45603,"journal":{"name":"Agri-The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67313294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The effectiveness of the erector spinae plane block using methylprednisolone and bupivacaine in post-herpetic neuralgia: Case series. 甲基强的松龙和布比卡因应用竖脊肌平面阻滞治疗疱疹后神经痛的疗效：病例系列。

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Agri-The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.14744/agri.2021.43926

PeksözUğur, ÖnerÜmran, ÇelikMine

{"title":"The effectiveness of the erector spinae plane block using methylprednisolone and bupivacaine in post-herpetic neuralgia: Case series.","authors":"PeksözUğur, ÖnerÜmran, ÇelikMine","doi":"10.14744/agri.2021.43926","DOIUrl":"10.14744/agri.2021.43926","url":null,"abstract":"Post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) is the most common chronic complication of herpes zoster and the most common pain syndrome associated with infections. There are medical and interventional treatment options in PHN, and some patients may be resistant to the preferred medical treatments. This situation negatively affects the quality of life of the patient. Interventional treatments come to the fore, especially in patients in whom medical treatments are not sufficient, and systemic side effects such as hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity occur. Erector spinal plane block (ESPB) is a recently described ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia technique. It is especially used to prevent post-operative pain due to trunk surgeries. In this study, ESPB was administered with methylprednisolone and bupivacaine in five patients who developed PHN after thoracic herpes zoster and did not have an expected response to three-month medical treatments. Pain severity was assessed using the Numerical Pain Rating Scale. We want to emphasize that ESPB, which is applied with steroids and anesthetics, is a speedy and longacting treatment option that increases the quality of life of the patient, has low side effects, and is a cost-effective treatment option.","PeriodicalId":45603,"journal":{"name":"Agri-The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67312108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effect of physical activity level on pain, functionality, and quality of life in migraine patients. 身体活动水平对偏头痛患者疼痛、功能和生活质量的影响。

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Agri-The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.14744/agri.2022.26504

Sağlı DirenGamze, Kaya CiddiPınar, ErgezenGizem, ŞahinMustafa

{"title":"Effect of physical activity level on pain, functionality, and quality of life in migraine patients.","authors":"Sağlı DirenGamze, Kaya CiddiPınar, ErgezenGizem, ŞahinMustafa","doi":"10.14744/agri.2022.26504","DOIUrl":"10.14744/agri.2022.26504","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: This study aimed to determine the physical activity (PA) level of individuals with migraine and examine its effects on pain intensity (PI), disability, and quality of life (QoL).Methods: Individuals diagnosed with migraine between the ages of 18 and 55 were included in the study. PA levels are assessed by the International PA Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-SF), PI with the McGill Melzack Pain Questionnaire, disability with the Migraine Disability Assessment Scale (MIDAS), and QoL with the World Health Organization QoL Scale Short Form (WHOQOL-BREF).Results: A total of 88 individuals, with a mean age of 34.11±10.51 years, were included in the study; 53.41% were low active (LA), 30.68% were moderate active (MA), and 15.91% were high active (HA). The physical health of LAs (p=0.047) was lower than that of MAs. General (p<0.001), physical (p<0.001), and psychological (p=0.003) health scores were lower than HAs. LAs had a higher disability (p=0.042) and PI (p=0.001) than HAs. There was a weak negative correlation between PA and PI (p=0.001) and disability (p=0.005), and a weak positive correlation between PA levels and social (p=0.007) and environmental (p=0.013) scores, and moderate positive correlations with physical (p=0.000), general (p=0.000), and psychological (p=0.000) scores.Conclusion: It was observed that as PA levels increased, PI decreased, and functionality and QoL increased in patients with migraine. Ensuring exercise continuity seems to be effective for improving the negative effects of migraine.","PeriodicalId":45603,"journal":{"name":"Agri-The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67312634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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[Pain beliefs of cancer patients and associated factors]. [癌症患者的疼痛信念和相关因素]。

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Agri-The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.14744/agri.2022.55798

ÖzdemirÜlkü, Tokaç AkdenizAysel

{"title":"[Pain beliefs of cancer patients and associated factors].","authors":"ÖzdemirÜlkü, Tokaç AkdenizAysel","doi":"10.14744/agri.2022.55798","DOIUrl":"10.14744/agri.2022.55798","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: The aim is to determine the pain beliefs and related factors of cancer patients.Methods: The study was designed as a descriptive and analytical type. It was completed between January and June 2019 with 100 individuals who were 18 years of age or older, who were receiving chemotherapy, and who agreed to participate in the study. Data were collected using a patient information form, a pain assessment form, and the Pain Beliefs Scale.Results: In the results of the regression analysis, the psychological belief scores of those who acted nervously were statistically 0.408 points higher than those who acted calmly. Organic beliefs scores were statistically 0.814 points and 0.599 points higher in basically literate and primary school graduates, respectively, compared to university graduates. They were 0.372 points higher for those whose income was less than their expenditure compared to those whose income was balanced with their expenditure, 0.414 points higher in those who had experienced pain in the last 6 months compared to those who had not, and 0.561 points higher in those who did not use non-pharmacological methods in pain control compared to those who did. Those who expressed pain verbally were found to have points that were 0.447 higher than those who did not say they had pain.Conclusion: Based on the results obtained, it is recommended that cancer patients be given training that will improve self-management and self-efficacy with cognitive-behavioral methods, taking into account their pain beliefs and affecting factors, in order for them to be successful in pain management.","PeriodicalId":45603,"journal":{"name":"Agri-The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67312555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The effect of consecutive facet medial branch radiofrequency denervation and dorsal root ganglion pulse radiofrequency therapy on lumbar facet joint pain. 连续小关节内侧支射频去神经和背根神经节脉冲射频治疗腰椎小关节疼痛的疗效。

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Agri-The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.14744/agri.2022.42713

Gazioğlu TürkyılmazGülçin, RumeliŞebnem

{"title":"The effect of consecutive facet medial branch radiofrequency denervation and dorsal root ganglion pulse radiofrequency therapy on lumbar facet joint pain.","authors":"Gazioğlu TürkyılmazGülçin, RumeliŞebnem","doi":"10.14744/agri.2022.42713","DOIUrl":"10.14744/agri.2022.42713","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of consecutive facet medial branch (FMB) radiofrequency denervation (RFD) and dorsal root ganglion pulse radiofrequency (DRG PRF) therapy in patients with chronic lumbar facet joint pain.Methods: The study included 27 patients with chronic lumbar pain who had ≥50% pain reduction after FMB block for suspected lumbar facet syndrome and subsequently underwent FMB RFD together with PRF to the adjacent DRG. The patients were retrospectively analyzed in terms of age, gender, pre-procedure symptom duration, history of previous back surgery, FMB RFD and DRG PRF level and side, and numerical rating scale scores immediately before and at 1, 3, and 6 months after the procedure, and subjective pain reduction at 6 months post-treatment. Treatment success was defined as ≥50% subjective pain reduction at 6 months.Results: A total of 19 women and 8 men with a mean age of 57.7±12.4 years were analyzed. Twenty patients (74.1%) had no prior history of low back surgery. The success rate of the procedure in terms of subjective pain reduction at 6 months was 82.5% (n=25). The subjective percentage of pain reduction at post-procedure 6 months was significantly lower in patients with a pre-procedure symptom duration of 12 months or longer compared to those whose pre-procedure symptom duration was <12 months (p=0.04).Conclusion: Our study results show that the analgesic efficiency of DRG PRF added to FMD RFD treatment can be increased in patients with short symptom durations.","PeriodicalId":45603,"journal":{"name":"Agri-The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67312522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Attention to soft tissues in hip pain: The importance of myofascial trigger point of the iliopsoas muscle in hip osteoarthritis. 髋关节疼痛时对软组织的关注:髂腰肌肌筋膜触发点在髋关节骨关节炎中的重要性。

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Agri-The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.14744/agri.2021.54837

Fatih Bağcıer, Ozan Volkan Yurdakul

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Retrospective evaluation of quality of life in patients undergoing sacroiliac joint denervation with simplicity. 单纯骶髂关节去神经术患者生活质量的回顾性评价。

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Agri-The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.14744/agri.2022.59365

Çiğdem Yalçın, Altan Şahin

{"title":"Retrospective evaluation of quality of life in patients undergoing sacroiliac joint denervation with simplicity.","authors":"Çiğdem Yalçın, Altan Şahin","doi":"10.14744/agri.2022.59365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14744/agri.2022.59365","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) is the third most common cause of low back pain. The treatment of SIJ-induced pain is often conservative. When conservative treatments fail, interventional treatment methods, such as intra-articular injection or radiofrequency (RF) denervation are applied. Recently, in addition to the success of this interventional treatment applied, increased patient satisfaction and quality of life after treatment have also gained importance. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate pain management and improvement in the quality of life in patients with SIJ pain who underwent RF denervation with the simplicity probe.Methods: The files of patients with SIJ degeneration on Ferguson X-ray, who underwent diagnostic intra-articular block for SIJ and had more than 50% reduction in pain were screened, and 38 cases in which simplicity RF neurotomy was applied were identified. The age, sex, and numerical rating scale (NRS) and short form (SF)-36 scores of the remaining 30 patients were recorded before and at 6 months after the procedure.Results: There was a statistically significant decrease in NRS between the pre-procedure and post-procedure (6-month) values. The decrease in NRS did not significantly differ according to sex. A statistically significant improvement in all the domains of SF-36 in the post-procedure period compared to the pre-procedure period. There was no significant sex-related difference in the improvement of the SF-36 domains, except for the emotional role functioning domain, for which the scores were significantly higher in women than in men.Conclusion: In patients with SIJ pain who positively respond to steroid injection, the application of Simplicity III achieves long-term pain management and increases patient comfort and satisfaction pain without any complications.","PeriodicalId":45603,"journal":{"name":"Agri-The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9873240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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