Low back pain is a distinctly different condition from lumbar radicular pain (sometimes called "sciatica"). Radicular pain is lancinating pain that travels into the lower limb along a narrow band [1]. It is caused by disc herniation, foraminal stenosis, lateral recess stenosis, or other space...
In Reply Dr Kennedy and colleagues agree that overuse of injection therapy is a concern but disapprove of our claim of insufficient evidence to support the use of spinal injection therapy in low back pain. In their view, our article disregarded heterogeneity of studies. They argue that injections...
Fortunately, most patients with low back pain will have an improvement in their symptoms regardless of treatment within six weeks. During that time the physician has various treatment options including medications, physical therapy, or injections that can help ease the symptoms. Some of those patients...
Use of Spinal Injections for Low Back Pain.Use of Spinal Injections for Low Back Pain.A response from the authors about their article "Spinal Injection Therapy for Low Back Pain," in the 2013 issue is presented.StaalScientificJ.ScientificBart...
Selective Spinal Injections for Lower Back Pain Tremendous progress has been made in the understanding of neural pathways and tissues involved in back pain, and new treatment techniques for back pain hav... GB Racz,C Noe,JE Heavner - 《Current Review of Pain》 被引量: 40发表: 1999年 ...
As many as one in three Americans suffers fromlow back pain. Its economic impact is greater than that of heart disease and cancer combined. "Patients have many treatment options, but many don't get relief after surgery or injections," said Michael Bottros, MD, an assistant professor of anes...
Each year, an estimated 5 million to 9 million people receiveepidural steroid injectionsfor back pain, a procedure that is often regarded as preferable to surgery. But though it may be less invasive, it, too, carries steep risks and questionable effectiveness. ...
Medi- cation placed above the level of pathology will be expected to migrate cephalad, away from the pathology.Although the technique is relatively effective for acute radiculopathy and radiculitis,6 it gives only short- term relief of nonspecific low back pain.7ANDREA TRESCOT...
Injections:Epidural steroid injections can be used to relieve some of the pain and discomfort of facet arthropathy by quieting down the inflammation that is caused by this type of arthritis. Unfortunately, this is often not a permanent solution, and the pain may return after several months. ...
Surgical spinal decompression is another option for treating certaintypes of back pain. But it is usually used as a last resort. If other measures don't work, your doctor may suggest surgical spinal decompression for bulging or ruptured disks, bony growths, or other spinal problems. Surgery may...