ow back pain combined with radicular pain remains as one of the most challenging musculoskeletal problems for its therapeutic management (1). This malady results from nerve root impingement and/or inflammation that causes neurologic symptoms in the distribution of the affected nerve root(s). Conservative treatment, percutaneous spine interventions and surgery have all been used as treatments; a...

Intracranial extradural collection may cause an increase in intracranial pressure, requiring rapid emergency treatment to reduce morbidity and mortality. We described an alternative CT-guided percutaneous access for extradural collection drainage. We report a case of a patient with previous craniectomy for meningioma ressection who presented to the Emergency Department with symptoms of intracra...

Received June 17, 2016. Revised June 18, 2016. Accepted June 20, 2016. Correspondence to: Dae Hyun Jo Pain Center, Daejeon St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, 685 Gasuwon-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon 34943, Korea Tel: +82-42-220-9040, Fax: +82-42-242-3500, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Comm...

BACKGROUND Post lumbar surgery syndrome refers to pain occurring or present after lumbar surgery. While the causes of pain after lumbar surgery are multi-factorial, scarring is a significant source of that pain. Low back and/or leg pain after lumbar surgery can persist despite appropriate conservative therapy. Spinal endoscopy allows direct visual evaluation of the epidural space, along with me...

Epidural catheter insertion or removal in patients receiving antiplatelet therapy for acute coronary syndrome poses a high risk for epidural hematoma. Though practice guidelines suggest stopping clopidogrel for at least 7 days before such intervention. Withholding anti-platelet drugs for such a long duration represents a great risk to these patients. We present a case of a 53 year old male pati...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate postoperative blunt adhesiolysis after sharp adhesiolysis for the treatment of intrauterine adhesions. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of 24 patients treated with primary hysteroscopic adhesiolysis followed by hormone therapy and serial flexible office hysteroscopy (Canadian Task Force Classification II-3). SETTING University-affiliated community hospital. PATIENT(S) T...

AIM This study is to investigate the short-term outcomes of small bowel obstruction (SBO) patients undergoing laparoscopic versus open adhesiolysis. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 202 patients with SBO were enrolled in this study. The patients underwent either laparoscopic (n=101) or open adhesiolysis (n=101). The primary end point was 30-day overall complications and secondary outcomes incl...