ArticleInternational journal of spine surgery2021
Temporal Pattern of Pain and Disability Following the Administration of a Selective Nerve Root Block in Lumbar Disc Herniation With Radiculopathy.
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- Prognostic factors associated with outcome following an epidural steroid injection for disc-related sciatica: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2023Pooled it
- Cost-utility analysis of acupotomy combined with epidural steroid injection for lumbosacral radiculopathy: analysis of randomized controlled trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of Acupotomy Combined with Epidural Steroid Injection for Lumbosacral Radiculopathy: A Randomized Controlled Pragmatic Pilot Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Trial
- Functional Outcomes of Selective Nerve Root Block in Lumbar Radiculopathy Due to Intervertebral Disc Prolapse.Cureus · 2025Article
- Recent advances and evolving strategies in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Review
- Transforaminal epidural steroid injection for radiculopathy and the evolution to surgical treatment: a pragmatic prospective observational multicenter study.Pain management · 2024Observational
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Abstract
backgroundLumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy has a favorable natural history, and a selective nerve root block (SNRB) is an accepted treatment modality. This study aims to ascertain the temporal pattern of pain and disability following the administration of an SNRB in the management of lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy because there is limited evidence regarding this issue in the published literature.
methodsThis prospective study included 50 patients who underwent an SNRB and were followed for 3 months. Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) for back and leg pain and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) scores were collected. At the final follow-up at 3 months, the number of patients who underwent surgery was ascertained.
resultsForty-two of 50 (84%) patients avoided the surgery with a reduction in mean preinjection NRS for back and leg pain from 7.5 (SD 1.33) and 7.7 (SD 1.35) to 3.1 (SD 1.69) and 2.3 (SD 1.14) (
conclusionEarly administration of an SNRB in the course of lumbar radiculopathy is recommended as it provides instantaneous and sustained relief of back and leg pain and disability in a majority of patients. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: SNRB should be administered early in the course of management of lumbar radiculopathy and should not be delayed until after other non-surgical modalities have failed. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 2.
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