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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Vertebral Algic Syndrome Treatment in Long COVID-Cases Reports.

Andrej Džubera, Juraj Chochol, Róbert Illéš, Alica Chocholová, Erika Zemková

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. COVID-19 Worsens Chronic Lumbosacral Radicular Pain-Case Series Report.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  3. Global Trends and Research Hotspots in Long COVID: A Bibliometric Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Andrej DžuberaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine of Slovak Medical University, University Hospital-St. Michal's Hospital, Satinského 1, 811 08 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Juraj ChocholDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine of Slovak Medical University, University Hospital-St. Michal's Hospital, Satinského 1, 811 08 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-6201-588X
Róbert IlléšDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine of Slovak Medical University, University Hospital-St. Michal's Hospital, Satinského 1, 811 08 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Alica ChocholováDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, National Institute of Children's Diseases, Comenius University, Limbova 1, 833 40 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-9131-4803
Erika ZemkováDepartment of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Comenius University in Bratislava, Nábrežie Armádneho Generála Ludvíka Svobodu 9, 814 69 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0003-0938-5691
Slovak Medical University · SKComenius University Bratislava · SKSlovak University of Technology in Bratislava · SK

Funding

the Cross-border Co-operation Programme INTERREG V-A SK-CZ/2018/06 (No. 304011P714) INTERREG V-A SK-CZ/2018/06 (No. 304011P714)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Though pain is a frequent symptom of long COVID-19, little attention has been paid to vertebral algic syndrome. Therefore, we present the cases reports of two precisely selected physically active patients where vertebral algic syndrome and radiculopathy dramatically worsened in acute SARS-CoV-2 infections. The vertebral pain with radicular irritation was resistant to conservative treatment in chronic post-COVID syndrome. The neurological difficulties corresponded to the radiologic imaging presented on MRI scans. Due to the absence of standard therapeutic guidelines in literature sources, it was decided to provide routine therapeutic procedures. Spinal surgery with radicular decompression was performed within 6 months after acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. This led to the improvement of their neurological status and was in corroboration with decreases of VAS (from 9 to 0 in Patient 1 and from 7 to 1 in Patient 2). Our experience indicates that these patients benefited from the standard neurosurgical radicular decompression, and sufficient pain relief was achieved; nevertheless, the initial trigger of neurological worsening was acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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COVID-19RadiculopathyDecompression, SurgicalHumansPost-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeSARS-CoV-2back painlong haulersradiculopathySARS-CoV-2 infectionsurgical treatment

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PMID34769973
PMCPMC8582844
OpenAlexW3208900087

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