ArticlePain research & management2018
Clinical Significance of Epidurography Contrast Patterns after Adhesiolysis during Lumbar Percutaneous Epidural Neuroplasty.
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Institutional Review Board of Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Is Percutaneous Adhesiolysis Effective in Managing Chronic Low Back and Lower Extremity Pain in Post-surgery Syndrome: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Current pain and headache reports · 2020Pooled it
- Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Trans-Sacral Epiduroscopic Laser Decompression Compared to Percutaneous Epidural Neuroplasty.Pain research & management · 2019Trial
- Structural and Functional Treatment of Persistent Spinal Pain Syndrome Type 2: A Fibrosis-Stratified Network Meta-Analysis of Epidural Adhesiolysis and Neuromodulation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Evaluating the Technical Specifications and Clinical Performance of Different Percutaneous Epidural Neuroplasty Catheters.Neurospine · 2025Article
- Usefulness of cone-beam computed tomography-reformatted epidurography in percutaneous epidural adhesiolysis: A pilot study.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2024Article
- Spinal Injections: A Narrative Review from a Surgeon's Perspective.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Evaluation of Paraspinal Muscle Degeneration on Pain Relief after Percutaneous Epidural Adhesiolysis in Patients with Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Disease.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Computed Tomographic Epidurography in Patients with Low Back Pain and Leg Pain: A Single-Center Observational Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Comments on "The role of percutaneous neurolysis in lumbar disc herniation: systematic review and meta-analysis".The Korean journal of pain · 2022Article
- The role of percutaneous neurolysis in lumbar disc herniation: systematic review and meta-analysis.The Korean journal of pain · 2021Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Background: The correlation between epidurography contrast patterns and the clinical outcomes of percutaneous epidural neuroplasty (PEN) remains unclear. Objective: To analyze the correlation between postadhesiolysis epidurography contrast patterns and the clinical outcomes of patients who undergo lumbar PEN. Design: This study is a retrospective analysis of 78 consecutive patients who underwent lumbar PEN between April 2012 and March 2013. Setting: The analysis was done in the university hospital center. Method: The clinical outcomes of all patients were assessed before and 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after undergoing lumbar PEN. Specifically, the intensity of back and leg pain, quality of life, and procedural outcomes were evaluated using a visual analog scale (VAS), the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and the 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12). Results: The VAS scores for back and leg pain, ODI score, and SF-12 score exhibited a significant improvement during the follow-up period ( Conclusion: Extraforaminal contrast distribution during lumbar PEN may be associated with better functional outcomes.
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