Management of chronic dorsal root pain with epidural steroid
- 1 May 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
- Vol. 25 (3) , 218-225
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03004883
Abstract
Twenty-eight patients presenting with typical dorsal root pain of more than six months’ duration were given a series of three epidural injections of methylprednisolone acetate. The patients were grouped according to known aetiologic factors. Improvement in symptoms was most marked in the post-herpetic group where 86 per cent were free of pain after six months. In the post-trauma/surgical group, 50 per cent of patients were free of pain after six months, while in the idiopathic group only minimal improvement occurred. The side-effects of steroid administration into the epidural space were in all cases minor. Vingt-huit patients présentant des douleurs radiculaires typiques depuis plus de six mois, ont reçu une série de trois injections ďacétate de méthylprednisolone par voie péridurale. C’est chez le groupe de malades dont les douleurs étaient consécutives à un herpès que les résultats ont été les meilleurs: en effet, 86 pour cent des patients de ce groupe n’avaient plus de douleurs six mois après les injections. Dans les cas de névralgies post-traumatiques ou post-chirurgicales, on observait une disparition des douleurs six mois après le traitement chez 50 pour cent des patients. Enfin, on n’a observé qu’une amélioration minime dans les cas de néuralgies idiopathiques. Les effets secondaires observés à la suite des injections péridurales de stéroïdes ont tous été ďordre mineur.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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