Foraminal injection of a painful sacral nerve root using an epidural catheter: case report.

Friedman, Robert; Li, Victor; Mehrotra, Deepak; Mosuro, Yusuf; Atkinson, Gary · Reg Anesth Pain Med · 2002

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Nerve root pain has been treated with steroid injections since the 1970s. We will describe a novel method for nerve root injection using a directed epidural catheter. A case is described where catheter placement accurately reproduced symptoms which were then relieved with local anesthetic and steroid. This is a novel approach to treatment of painful nerve roots with a catheter.

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