The Efficacy of Therapeutic Selective Nerve Block in Treating Lumbar Radiculopathy and Avoiding Surgery.
Tareq KanaanRami AbusalehJumanah AbuasbehMaryam Al JammalSara Al-HadedSara Al-RafaiahAli KanaanFatima AlnaimatLubna KhreeshaFadi Al HadidiQussay Al-SabbaghPublished in: Journal of pain research (2020)
Therapeutic SNRB is an important procedure in the pain management of patients with lumbar radiculopathy caused by lumbar disc prolapse and foraminal stenosis. Our study showed that avoidance of surgery was achieved in up to 54% of patients; pain relief for at least 6 months was achieved in up to 29% of patients after a single SNRB. This makes it a very good second line of management after conservative treatment and a possible method to delay, and sometimes cease, the need for surgery.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- pain management
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- coronary artery bypass
- chronic pain
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- spinal cord injury
- neuropathic pain
- surgical site infection
- coronary artery disease
- spinal cord
- smoking cessation
- percutaneous coronary intervention