Ultrasound appearance and targeted therapy of symptomatic neural lesions in the breast and chest wall after breast cancer surgery

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11110/23:10474636

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.11152/mu-4314" target="_blank" >10.11152/mu-4314</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Ultrasound appearance and targeted therapy of symptomatic neural lesions in the breast and chest wall after breast cancer surgery

Original language description

Aim. To evaluate the feasibility of ultrasound (US) in identification of nerve lesions after breast cancer surgery in patients with neuropathic pain and assess the effect of a targeted US-guided therapy. Material and methods. Patients with neuropathic pain after breast cancer surgery underwent US examination. Nerve lesions identified by US were treated by a US-guided application of a mixture of local anesthetics and corticoids. The patients reported pain relief on a 100-point scale (0% = no effect, 100% = complete relief) and its duration in the next 18 months. Results. We performed 17 interventions in 11 women. A neuroma was observed in 2 patients, edema of the nerve in 5 patients, and scarring across the nerve in 4 patients. The affected nerves were the intercostobrachial nerve (5 patients), the long thoracic nerve (4), cutaneous branch of the pectoral nerve (1), and both the intercostobrachial and the long thoracic nerve (1). After 15 (88%) interventions, the patients reported relief (55+-32%) with a median duration of 3 months (0.5-18 months). Conclusion. In patients after breast cancer surgery, ultrasound can reliably identify small painful neural lesions which can be efficiently treated by ultrasound-guided intervention.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30204 - Oncology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Medical Ultrasonography

ISSN

1844-4172

e-ISSN

2066-8643

Volume of the periodical

25

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

RO - ROMANIA

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

384-389

UT code for WoS article

001163599100003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85181395327