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Table 2 Percentage of patients undergoing one or more additional tests in relation to the underlying pathology in patients with LANSS ≥ 12 (n = 1,163)

From: The diagnosis and management of neuropathic pain in daily practice in Belgium: an observational study

 

Number of tests

Pathology

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

Diabetic neuropathy (n = 89)

6.7

46.1

19.1

10.1

11.2

6.7

0.0

Cancer (n = 27)

0.0

14.8

7.4

29.6

33.3

11.1

3.7

Lumbar problem (n = 84)

5.9

9.5

19.1

35.7

20.2

9.5

0.0

Osteoporosis (n = 3)

0.0

0.0

33.3

66.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

PHN (n = 98)

55.1

19.4

14.3

9.2

0.0

1.0

1.0

Multiple sclerosis (n = 22)

9.1

27.27

18.18

22.73

13.64

9.09

0.00

Post-traumatic lesion (n = 62)

6.4

19.3

19.3

17.7

20.9

16.1

0.0

Thalamic syndrome (n = 1)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

0.0

CRPS (n = 51)

11.8

13.7

25.5

17.65

23.53

7.8

0.0

Alcohol (n = 17)

11.8

29.4

29.4

11.76

17.65

0.0

0.0

Syringomyelia (n = 6)

16.7

50.0

16.7

0.00

0.00

16.7

0.0

Post-surgical lesion (n = 34)

8.8

17.6

26.5

20.6

14.7

5.9

5.9

CCS (n = 31)

3.2

74.2

16.1

3.2

3.2

0.0

0.0

Osteoarthritis (n = 17)

11.8

5.9

23.5

17.6

23.5

11.8

5.9

Post-CVA (n = 24)

12.5

25.0

37.5

16.7

4.2

4.2

0.0

Others (n = 119)

13.4

25.2

21.8

20.2

10.9

6.7

1.7

  1. Abbreviations: PHN: post-herpetic neuralgia; Post-CVA: post-cerebrovascular accident; CRPS: complex regional pain syndrome; CCS: carpal canal syndrome