results at three days, one month, three months, and six months after pea compared to pre-pea evaluations, the pain scores and medication intake were significantly decreased. significant pain relief declined from 95% at three days to 75% at six months. conclusions pea for low back pain due to contained disc herniation is a safe and effective procedure. therefore, it may be considered as an optio...

Recently, percutaneous epidural neuroplasty has become widely used to treat radicular pain caused by spinal stenosis or a herniated intervertebral disc. A 19-year-old female patient suffering from left radicular pain caused by an L4-L5 intervertebral disc herniation underwent percutaneous epidural neuroplasty of the left L5 nerve root using a Racz catheter. After the procedure, the patient comp...

Epidural neuroplasty is found to be effective in removing fibrous tissue occurring in the epidural space for various reasons. We report a case of cerebellar infarction caused by epidural abscess after epidural neuroplasty. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of cerebellar infarction developed as a result of epidural abscess accompanying bacterial meningitis after epidural neu...

Epidural neuroplasty (lysis of epidural adhesions) is an interventional technique that has emerged over the last 10 years as part of a multidisciplinary approach to treating radiculopathy with low back pain when conservative management has failed. Neuroplasty was at one time performed as a single-catheter technique using the caudal approach. It now has many variations, including placement of th...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous epidural neuroplasty with a Racz catheter is widely used to treat radicular pain caused by spinal stenosis or a herniated intervertebral disc. The breakage or shearing of an epidural catheter, particularly a percutaneous epidural neuroplasty catheter, is reported as a rare complication. There has been a controversy over whether surgical removal of a shorn epidural cathet...

BACKGROUND Epidural neuroplasty using the Racz catheter has a therapeutic effect in patients with cervical disc herniation and central stenosis who do not respond to fluoroscopically guided epidural injections. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical outcomes of cervical epidural neuroplasty in patients with posterior neck and upper extremity pain and to demonstrate correlations between predictive...

BACKGROUND Epidural neuroplasty seems to be one of the promising minimally invasive techniques for adhesiolysis in patients with chronic sciatica with or without low back pain. However, because no data exist from randomized studies the aim was to investigate whether this procedure is superior to conservative treatment with physiotherapy. METHODS A total of 99 patients with chronic low back pa...

INTRODUCTION Subarachnoid hemorrhage is one of the most feared acute neurologic events. Accurate diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage is essential, and computed tomography of the brain is the first diagnostic imaging study. However, in rare circumstances, a similar appearance may occur in the absence of blood in the subarachnoid space. The contrast enhancement of subarachnoid space is a rare co...

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. There are various causes for back pain and the following pathophysiology has been widely reported. Recently, there has been a study that suggested epidural adhesion as a potential cause for back pain [1], and there have been new approaches for the treatment ...