Efficacy and safety of standard pulsed radiofrequency for treating rare-site glomus tumors
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2025.01.014
- VernacularTitle:标准脉冲射频治疗少见部位血管球瘤的疗效与安全性
- Author:
Dong WANG
1
;
Yujia LUO
;
Yunze LI
;
Qi GAI
;
Zhiying FENG
Author Information
1. 浙江大学医学院附属第一医院疼痛科,杭州 310003;永康市第一人民医院疼痛科,浙江永康 321300
- Keywords:
extraungual glomus tumors;
subungual glomus tumors;
standard pulsed radiofrequency;
chronic pain;
safety
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2025;54(1):76-79,85
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the efficacy and safety of standard pulsed radiofrequency for treating rare-site glomus tumors.Methods A prospective self before-and-after control study was conducted and 6 pa-tients diagnosed as glomus tumors in the pain department of Yongkang Municipal First People's Hospital from June 2022 to January 2023 served as the study subjects.Among them,1 case was located in the outer beam of deltoid muscle in the upper arm,and 5 cases were located under the nail beds of the hands/feet.All subjects underwent the standard pulsed radiofrequency treatment under ultrasound guidance and were fol-lowed up for at least 12 months.The changes in the preoperative and postoperative Numerical Rating Scale(NRS)scores were observed,and the changes in the"typical triad",healing degree of the nail growth matrix and recurrence of pain were recorded.Results The postoperative follow-up results showed that all patients had significant decreases in NRS scores,indicating that the pain degree obtained the effective control.Among them,4 patients did not experience the pain recurrence after adopting the standard pulsed radiofrequency;1 pa-tient had pain recurrence in postoperative 6 months and the tumor body was ultimately removed by surgery.Apart from the patient 2 developing transient subungual congestion,no significant adverse events were observed.Conclusion The standard pulsed radiofrequency treatment is a safe and effective therapeutic method for pain caused by rare-site glomus tumors.
