Wound Infiltration in Patients with Chronic Pain after Forehead Lift Surgery: A case report.

Author: Woo Chang LEE ¹ ; Kyung Bong YOON ; Duck Mi YOON ; Jeong Soo LEE
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1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Anesthesia and Pain Research Institude, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yoonkor@chollian.net
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: forehead lift surgery; headache; wound infiltration
MeSH: Adult; Chronic Pain; Crowns; Female; Forehead; Head; Headache; Humans; Lidocaine; Male; Middle Aged; Neck; Pain, Postoperative; Stress, Psychological
From:The Korean Journal of Pain 2008;21(1):80-83
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:Korean
Abstract: Local infiltration in surgical wounds can reduce postoperative pain with very few side effects. We experienced two cases of chronic pain after forehead lift surgery. A 41-year-old male patient was suffering from a headache at the crown of the head and pain from the posterior neck. A 54-year-old female patient had pain around the forehead, worsened by psychological stress. They underwent forehead lift surgery 10 years and 8 months ago, respectively. Conservative treatments such as medication and physical therapy were not effective. After wound infiltration with 1% lidocaine more than ten times, pain significantly resolved in both patients.