Short-term peripheral nerve stimulation or pulsed radiofrequency in elderly patients with acute herpes zoster ophthalmicus: multi-center retrospective study
Early application of short-term PNS or PRF for acute-phase HZO in the elderly can relieve pain. Compared to PRF, PNS may offer superior pain management, enhance quality of life, and contribute to a downward trend in the incidence of PHN.
Authors
- D. Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6710-8647)
- Quan Wan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9634-9885)
- Zhiwei Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2307-0974)
- Yi Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9669-2528)
- Xintian Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6255-2794)
- Xuexue Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8491-7742)
- Changxi Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0161-1981)
- Yong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7026-4069)
- Fan Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8234-4066)
Institutions
- Nanchang University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi Medical College (CN)
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University (CN)
- Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (CN)
- Jiangxi Mental Health Center (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University (CN)
- Guhua Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Korean journal of pain
- Published
- 2025-12-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3344/kjp.25297
- Primary Topic
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province
- National Key Research and Development Program of China