BACKGROUND Interlaminar epidural steroid injection (ESI) is a well-established intervention to improve radicular leg pain. However, few studies have demonstrated the prognostic factors for interlaminar ESI. OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical effectiveness and prognostic indicators of parasagittal interlaminar ESI during a 2-week follow-up. STUDY DESIGN Prospective evaluation. SETTING A...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is an important component of the diagnostic evaluation of patients with neurologic diseases, and abnormalities in the color, cellularity, and protein level of the CSF may contribute to or confirm the diagnosis. Cerebrospinal fluid abnormalities have to be viewed in the context of the neurologic examination, historical complaints, clinical findings, advanced im...

Abstract Background Postoperative epidural analgesia provides superior postoperative at rest and with activity, compared systemic opioids. However, the impact of on morbidity and/or mortality remains controversial, because sub-optimal reliability catheters that are placed preoperatively used for pain control. The present study technique lumbar epidurography. aims to better understand possible c...

We compared the loss of resistance (LOR) technique and fluoroscopy with the LOR technique, fluoroscopy, and epidurography for interlaminar epidural injection. A total of 371 patients with symptomatic lumbosacral radiculopathy were enrolled; 17 had a history of allergy to iodinated contrast medium or seafood. Each patient was given an oral steroid before and after the procedure. A Tuohy needle w...

background and aims. the imaging techniques commonly used for foreign body detection include plain radiography, xeroradiography, computed tomography (ct) scans, magnetic resonance imaging (mri) and ultrasonography. the aim of the present study was to compare cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) with conventional ct scan in determination of the exact location of a foreign body in the maxillofaci...