Benditz, A. and Madl, M. and Loher, M. and Grifka, J. and Boluki, D. and Linhardt, O. (2016) Prospective medium-term results of multimodal pain management in patients with lumbar radiculopathy. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6: 28187. ISSN 2045-2322,
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Lumbar radiculopathy is one of the most common diseases of modern civilisation. Multimodal pain management (MPM) represents a central approach to avoiding surgery. Only few medium-term results have been published in the literature so far. This study compared subjective and objective as well as anamnestic and clinical parameters of 60 patients who had undergone inpatient MPM because of lumbar radiculopathy before and 1 year +/- 2 weeks after treatment. The majority of patients were very satisfied (35%) or satisfied (52%) with the treatment outcome. Merely 8 patients commented neutrally and none negatively. The finger-floor distance had decreased significantly (p < 0.01), and 30 patients (50%) had shown improved mobility of the spine after therapy. The need for painkillers had also been significantly reduced after 1 year. The arithmetical average of pain on a visual analogue scale was 7.21 before treatment, which had significantly decreased to 3.58 at follow-up (p < 0.01). MPM is an effective approach for treating lumbar radiculopathy by mechanical nerve root irritation. Therefore, in the absence of an absolute indication for surgery or an absolute contradiction for MPM, patients should first be treated with this minimally invasive therapy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | LOW-BACK-PAIN; INTERLAMINAR EPIDURAL INJECTIONS; SPINAL STENOSIS; PRIMARY-CARE; THERAPY; SCIATICA; EFFICACY; |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Orthopädie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Apr 2019 09:16 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Apr 2019 09:16 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/3762 |
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