Posted on 22 December 2010.
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1 - Epidural steroid injections do not induce weight gain
- Prospective evaluation of 100 patients who received a series of three lumbar ESIs (once a month for three months)
- 40 mg methylprednisolone acetate (Depo-Medrol) for each injection
- No significant change in weight gain
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Posted on 15 December 2010.
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6 - Effectiveness of repeated radiofrequency neurotomy for lumbar facet pain
- Each RF neurotomy had a mean duration of relief = 10.5 months
- The repeat ablations were successful more than 85% of the time (and some of the patients had up to 4 repeated procedures)
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Posted on 14 December 2010.
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- 46 patients who failed 20 weeks of conservative care
- Both groups had significant improvement in pain scores and reported symptoms. No significant difference between the groups was seen.
- “…the potential for secondary gain in patients who have cervical facet arthropathy as a result of a whiplash injury does NOT influence response to treatment.”
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Posted on 13 December 2010.
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- Reduced need for operative treatment (because of radicular and neck pain relief).
- “Routine transforaminal injection treatment prior to surgery seems rewarding, but the complication risk must be taken into consideration.”
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Posted on 12 December 2010.
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- Looked at patients with axial low back pain only (no radiculopathy)
- In patients with spinal stenosis (SS), the bilateral transforaminal ESI produced better results than the interlaminar approach.
- Authors believe this was because there is more scaring with SS, and this limits the amount of injectate to the ventral epidural space.
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