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Absence of sensation

MedGen UID:
75812
•Concept ID:
C0278134
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Sign or Symptom
Synonym: Sensory loss
SNOMED CT: Sensory anesthesia (33653009); Absence of sensation (33653009); Sensory loss (33653009); Anesthesia (33653009)

Definition

Any loss of sensation. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Origin and treatment of fractures in spina bifida.
Parsch K
Eur J Pediatr Surg 1991 Oct;1(5):298-305. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1042509. PMID: 1747363

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Factors influencing inferior alveolar nerve injury after extraction of mandibular third molar.
He H, Ruan N
Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 2024 Sep 1;29(5):e613-e619. doi: 10.4317/medoral.26576. PMID: 39088718Free PMC Article
Effect of Nerve Stimulation Use on the Success Rate of Ultrasound-Guided Subsartorial Saphenous Nerve Block: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Montgomery SH, Shamji CM, Yi GS, Yarnold CH, Head SJ, Bell SC, Schwarz SK
Reg Anesth Pain Med 2017 Jan/Feb;42(1):25-31. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000522. PMID: 27902645
Diabetic foot ulcerations: biomechanics, charcot foot, and total contact cast.
Malhotra S, Bello E, Kominsky S
Semin Vasc Surg 2012 Jun;25(2):66-9. doi: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2012.05.001. PMID: 22817854
Thoracic paravertebral block: influence of the number of injections.
Naja ZM, El-Rajab M, Al-Tannir MA, Ziade FM, Tayara K, Younes F, Lönnqvist PA
Reg Anesth Pain Med 2006 May-Jun;31(3):196-201. doi: 10.1016/j.rapm.2005.12.004. PMID: 16701182
Origin and treatment of fractures in spina bifida.
Parsch K
Eur J Pediatr Surg 1991 Oct;1(5):298-305. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1042509. PMID: 1747363

Diagnosis

Spinal cord injury in an adult patient with thoracic butterfly vertebra: a case report and review of the literature.
Huang AB, Bai M, Liu H, Zhou ZY, Wei JX
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2020 Jun 22;21(1):392. doi: 10.1186/s12891-020-03433-9. PMID: 32571287Free PMC Article
Acute transverse myelitis of the cervical spine secondary to psoas abscess.
He H, Jin L, Ju M, Tu G, Luo Z
BMC Infect Dis 2016 Oct 18;16(1):579. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1922-3. PMID: 27756229Free PMC Article
Diabetic foot ulcerations: biomechanics, charcot foot, and total contact cast.
Malhotra S, Bello E, Kominsky S
Semin Vasc Surg 2012 Jun;25(2):66-9. doi: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2012.05.001. PMID: 22817854
Sensory impairment in mental retardation: a potential role for NGF.
Battaglia A
Arch Ital Biol 2011 Jun;149(2):193-203. doi: 10.4449/aib.v149i2.1362. PMID: 21701991
Correlation between clinical neurological data and urodynamic function in spinal cord injured patients.
Wyndaele JJ
Spinal Cord 1997 Apr;35(4):213-6. doi: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100391. PMID: 9143082

Therapy

Factors influencing inferior alveolar nerve injury after extraction of mandibular third molar.
He H, Ruan N
Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 2024 Sep 1;29(5):e613-e619. doi: 10.4317/medoral.26576. PMID: 39088718Free PMC Article
Effect of Nerve Stimulation Use on the Success Rate of Ultrasound-Guided Subsartorial Saphenous Nerve Block: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Montgomery SH, Shamji CM, Yi GS, Yarnold CH, Head SJ, Bell SC, Schwarz SK
Reg Anesth Pain Med 2017 Jan/Feb;42(1):25-31. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000522. PMID: 27902645
Acute transverse myelitis of the cervical spine secondary to psoas abscess.
He H, Jin L, Ju M, Tu G, Luo Z
BMC Infect Dis 2016 Oct 18;16(1):579. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1922-3. PMID: 27756229Free PMC Article
Thoracic paravertebral block: influence of the number of injections.
Naja ZM, El-Rajab M, Al-Tannir MA, Ziade FM, Tayara K, Younes F, Lönnqvist PA
Reg Anesth Pain Med 2006 May-Jun;31(3):196-201. doi: 10.1016/j.rapm.2005.12.004. PMID: 16701182
Origin and treatment of fractures in spina bifida.
Parsch K
Eur J Pediatr Surg 1991 Oct;1(5):298-305. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1042509. PMID: 1747363

Prognosis

The efficacy of skin temperature for block assessment after infraclavicular brachial plexus block.
Minville V, Gendre A, Hirsch J, Silva S, Bourdet B, Barbero C, Fourcade O, Samii K, Bouaziz H
Anesth Analg 2009 Mar;108(3):1034-6. doi: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318195bf94. PMID: 19224821
Restoration of sensation over the contact surfaces of the thumb-index pinch grip using the terminal branches of the superficial branch of the radial nerve.
Rapp E, Lallemand S, Ehrler S, Buch N, Foucher G
Chir Main 1999;18(3):179-83. doi: 10.1016/s1153-2424(99)80001-6. PMID: 10855317
No sense; no sensibility--a tale of two adult hairdrier burns.
Aslam A, Khoo CT
Burns 1997 Aug;23(5):454-7. doi: 10.1016/s0305-4179(97)00008-9. PMID: 9426919
Correlation between clinical neurological data and urodynamic function in spinal cord injured patients.
Wyndaele JJ
Spinal Cord 1997 Apr;35(4):213-6. doi: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100391. PMID: 9143082

Clinical prediction guides

The efficacy of skin temperature for block assessment after infraclavicular brachial plexus block.
Minville V, Gendre A, Hirsch J, Silva S, Bourdet B, Barbero C, Fourcade O, Samii K, Bouaziz H
Anesth Analg 2009 Mar;108(3):1034-6. doi: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318195bf94. PMID: 19224821
Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) in Israeli-Bedouins: genetic heterogeneity, novel mutations in the TRKA/NGF receptor gene, clinical findings, and results of nerve conduction studies.
Shatzky S, Moses S, Levy J, Pinsk V, Hershkovitz E, Herzog L, Shorer Z, Luder A, Parvari R
Am J Med Genet 2000 Jun 19;92(5):353-60. doi: 10.1002/1096-8628(20000619)92:5<353::aid-ajmg12>3.0.co;2-c. PMID: 10861667
Origin and treatment of fractures in spina bifida.
Parsch K
Eur J Pediatr Surg 1991 Oct;1(5):298-305. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1042509. PMID: 1747363
Topical skin anesthesia for venous, subcutaneous drug reservoir and lumbar punctures in children.
Halperin DL, Koren G, Attias D, Pellegrini E, Greenberg ML, Wyss M
Pediatrics 1989 Aug;84(2):281-4. PMID: 2748256

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