ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2019
Predictors of Response to a Medial Branch Block: MRI Analysis of the Lumbar Spine.
Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Spinopelvic Alignment as an Associated Factor of Short-Term Diagnostic Response to Lumbar Medial Branch Block: A Prospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Evaluation of the Predictors for Unfavorable Clinical Outcomes of Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis After Lumbar Interbody Fusion Using Machine Learning.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The Role of Diagnostic Injections in Spinal Disorders: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- [Expert consensus on the implementation of enhanced recovery after surgery in percutaneous endoscopic interlaminar lumbar decompression/discectomy (2020)].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2020Review
- Predictors of substantial improvement in physical function six months after lumbar surgery: is early post-operative walking important? A prospective cohort study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2019Observational
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the association between radiologic spinal pathology and the response to medial branches block (MBB). This retrospective observational study compared 165 patients. A successful response was defined as ≥30% or a 2-point reduction in the numeric rating scale (NRS) compared with the baseline at the 1-month follow-up. The facet angle, facet angle difference, facet joint degeneration, disc height and spondylolisthesis grade were analyzed from an MRI at the L3 to S1 levels. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate independent factors associated with a successful response of MBB. In the univariate analysis, the disc height at L5-S1 and facet angle difference at L3-4 were lower in the positive responders (
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