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Epidural Anesthesia Is Effective in Lower-Extremity Burn Pain Treatment : A Case Report Minamigawa,Yusuke Ichibakase,Hiroshi 一番ヶ瀬,博 15101 鳥取大学 Tottori University Ogoshi,Tomofumi 生越,智文 15101 鳥取大学 Tottori University 80412055 Ueda,Takahiro 上田,敬博 15101 鳥取大学 Tottori University open access © 2025 Tottori University Medical Press analgesia burn critical care epidural anesthesia regional anesthesia Burn wounds cause pain through various mechanisms, making pain management challenging. Although treatment and management strategies for healing burns have been developed, clear guidelines for analgesia in burn injuries are lacking. Opioids are commonly used for pain relief, but regional anesthesia performed by anesthesiologists has shown effectiveness in some cases. We encountered a case in which epidural anesthesia was effective for analgesia of a lower-extremity burn injury in a 19-year-old man. The patient with burn injuries to his lower extremities was transferred to the emergency department. On the day of the injury, an epidural catheter was administered for burn pain. The epidural anesthesia was removed during hospitalization, but the pain worsened, so it was placed again to provide adequate analgesia. In this case, epidural anesthesia proved effective for managing the lower-extremity burn pain and facilitated patient rehabilitation. Epidural anesthesia should be actively considered for the management of burn pain. Tottori University Medical Press 2025-08-22 2025-08-22 eng journal article VoR https://repository.lib.tottori-u.ac.jp/records/2001988 https://doi.org/10.33160/yam.2025.08.007 https://www.lib.tottori-u.ac.jp/yam/yam/yam68-3/68-3contents.html 13468049 Yonago Acta Medica 68 3 4 280 283 https://repository.lib.tottori-u.ac.jp/record/2001988/files/yam68(3)_280.pdf application/pdf 1.9 MB 2025-09-08 2025-08-22