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The investigators will evaluate the analgesic efficacy of pulsed radiofrequency on the thoracic paravertebral nerves for patients with chronic mastalgia of fibrocystic disease of the breast
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| PRF | Experimental |
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| SHAM | Sham Comparator |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| PRF | Procedure | patients will receive pulsed radiofrequency, 4 cycles (each cycle, 2 minutes) on the thoracic paravertebral nerves number 2,3, and 4 under fluroscopic guidance |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| the changes in pain intensity measured by VAS pain score | VAS pain score, is a scale for pain measurements scored from 0 to 10 in which 0 = no pain and 10 = the worst imaginable pain | patients will be evaluated at 3 months postoperatively |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| diab hetta, MD | Contact | +201091090009 | diabhetta25@gmail.com |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Diab | Recruiting | Asyut | 71111 | Egypt |
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| ID | Term |
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| D059350 | Chronic Pain |
| ID | Term |
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| D010146 | Pain |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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| ID | Term |
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| C005703 | salicylhydroxamic acid |
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| SHAM | Procedure | patients will be subjected to the same procedure like PRF group without giving PRF |
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