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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2024

Ultrasound-Guided Cervical Selective Nerve Root Block versus Fluoroscopy-Guided Interlaminar Epidural Injection for Cervical Radicular Pain: A Randomized, Prospective, Controlled Study.

Halil Cihan Kose, Selin Guven Kose, Feyza Celikel, Serkan Tulgar, Omer Taylan Akkaya

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors.

Halil Cihan KoseDepartment of Pain Medicine, Health Science University Kocaeli City Hospital, 41060 Kocaeli, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-1550-348X
Selin Guven KoseDepartment of Pain Medicine, Health Science University Kocaeli City Hospital, 41060 Kocaeli, Turkey.
Feyza CelikelDepartment of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Sakarya Training and Research Hospital, 54120 Sakarya, Turkey.
Serkan TulgarDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Samsun University Samsun Training and Research Hospital, 41060 Samsun, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-1996-7505
Omer Taylan AkkayaDepartment of Pain Medicine, Ankara Etlik City Hospital, 06220 Ankara, Turkey.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultrasound (US)-guided cervical selective nerve root block (CSNRB) procedures are increasingly being performed as an alternative to conventional fluoroscopy (FL)-guided epidural injections for the treatment of cervical radicular pain. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of US-guided CSNRB versus FL-guided interlaminar cervical epidural steroid injection (IL-CESI) for cervical radicular pain. A total of 60 patients with cervical radicular pain due to a single-level disc herniation were randomized into either the FL or US group. The numeric rating scale, Short Form-36, and neck disability index were evaluated before treatment at months 1, 3, and 6 after treatment. Procedure time, complications, pain medication consumption, and patient satisfaction were also recorded. Patients experienced significant improvement in pain, disability, and quality of life scores up to 6 months after the procedure (

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cervical radiculopathychronic painnumeric rating scaleradicular painselective nerve root blocksteroidultrasound

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PMID39063975
PMCPMC11278421

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