Adhesiolysis and targeted steroid/local anesthetic injection during epiduroscopy alleviates pain and reduces sensory nerve dysfunction in patients with chronic sciatica

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 242-247

  Sakai, Tetsuya ^a   Aoki, Hiroshi ^a   Hojo, Minoru ^a   Takada, Masafumi ^a   Murata, Hiroaki ^a   Sumikawa, Koji ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adhesiolysis; Chronic sciatica; Current perception threshold; Epiduroscopy; Sensorynerve function

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; IOTROLAN; MEPIVACAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROPOFOL; STEROID;

ADHESIOLYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; EPIDUROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PAIN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ENDOSCOPY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; STEROIDS; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49649085813     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-008-0616-4     Document Type: Article

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