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ArticleInternational medical case reports journal2024

Corticosteroid Therapy in Acute and Subacute Arachnoiditis - A Case Series.

Yeng F Her, Ryan T McWilliams, Erik A Ovrom, James C Watson

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Article in International medical case reports journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yeng F HerDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Rochester, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0190-5189
Ryan T McWilliamsFamily Medicine, Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, AK, USA.
Erik A OvromMayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Rochester, MN, USA.
James C WatsonDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Rochester, MN, USA.
Mayo Clinic Hospital · USAlaska Native Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arachnoiditis is difficult to treat. Patients are often left frustrated after many failed trials of conservative therapies without symptom resolution. Surgery may provide symptom relief for a short period of time, but their pain often returned. Herein, we present three cases of acute arachnoiditis following three different pain procedures: epidural blood patch, IDDS implant, and epidural steroid injection. The patients were diagnosed and treated with corticosteroids within 10 days of the procedure. Two patients were treated with the same oral steroid regiment, while the third patient was treated with both oral and IV steroid. All three patients had good outcomes at the completion of their steroid therapy. This case series may provide insight into treating acute and subacute arachnoiditis from pain interventions.

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arachnoiditiscorticosteroid therapyepidural blood patchepidural steroid injectionintrathecal pain pump

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PMID38559495
PMCPMC10981380
OpenAlexW4393182876

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