Nostre esperienze nel trattamento del dolore cronico benigno mediante infiltrazione di cicatrici con anestetico locale [Our experiences in chronic benign pain by injecting local anaesthetic into scars]

Objectives: To refer a possible resolving treatment of chronic benign pain by injecting local anaesthetics into scars.

Materials and methods: This original article consists of 7 interesting cases who have been extracted by a group of 2145 patients treated with local anaesthetic (lidocaine 0.5-1%), of one or more than one scar.

Results: The clinical and therapeutical data of a 2 years follow up show that in these 7 cases of chronic benign pain, treated by injecting local anaesthetic (lidocaine 0.5-1%) into one or more scars, the algic symptomatology stably disappeared.

Conclusions: This record of cases confirms the hypothesis of a possible aetiological role of scars in causing benign chronic painful syndromes, as stated by Brothers Huneke in the 40's and validated by a recent review on the topic.