Aesthesiography

Aesthesiography comes from the Greek word “aesthesis” (αίσθησις) meaning "sensibility," and “graphy” in order to visualize hyposensibility of the skin. This term has been proposed by the French surgeon Létiévant.[1][2]

The use to map the cutaneous nerve lesions was well-known.[3][4][5]. Totally forgotten during seven decades, this use luckily came back in the daily practice of medical doctors and therapists.[6][7]. The aesthesiology of the whole body is a science used to assess neuropathic pain patients (NPP)[8][9].

References

  1. ^ Létiévant, E. (1876). Esthésiographie. In Compte rendu de la 4ème session de Nantes en 1875 . Paris: Association française pour l’avancement des sciences, 1037-1043
  2. ^ Spicher C, Kohut G (2001). "Jean Joseph Emile Létiévant: a review of his contributions to surgery and rehabilitation". J Reconstr Microsurg 17 (3): 169–77. doi:10.1055/s-2001-14348. PMID 11336148. 
  3. ^ Hirschfeld, L. Névrologie et esthésiologie: Traité et iconographie du système nerveux. Paris: Victor Masson & fils, 1866
  4. ^ Trotter, W. & Davis, H.M. The exact determination of areas of altered sensibility. Rev Neurol Psychiatry, 1907,38:134-246
  5. ^ Tinel, J. Nerve wounds. London: Baillère, Tindall and Cox, 1917
  6. ^ Inbal, R., Rousso, M., Ashur, H., Wall, P.-D. & Devor, M. Collateral sprouting in skin and sensory recovery after nerve injury. Pain, 1987,28:141-154
  7. ^ Spicher, C., Desfoux, N. & Sprumont, P. Atlas des territoires cutanés du corps humain : Esthésiologie de 240 branches. Montpellier, Paris : Sauramps médical, 2010[1]
  8. ^ Della Casa et al. (2010). Aesthesiology: A useful knowledge to assess Neuropathic Pain Patients (NPP); About 2256 Axonal Lesions of Cutaneous Branches. e-News for Somatosensory Rehabilitation, 7(3), 128-137. [2]
  9. ^ Valembois, B., Blanchard, M., Miternique, B. & Noël, L. (2006). Rééducation des troubles de la sensibilité de la main. Encyclopédie Médico-Chirurgicale (EMC) 26-064-A 10, 1-19. Paris: Elsevier [3]

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