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Treatment for lumbar sciatic pain in posterior articular lumbar joint syndrome
Author(s) -
Collier Barbara B.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1979.tb06280.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lumbar , low back pain , back pain , physical medicine and rehabilitation , anesthesia , physical therapy , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology
One-hundred-and-fifty-four selected patients aged 19--80 years with lumbar sciatic pain of 2-week-30-year duration, treated with percutaneous rhizolysis, epidural block and acupuncture are reviewed. One-hundred-and-eighteen (76.6%) patients were significantly relieved of their pain. One-hundred-and-twenty-two patients (79.2%) underwent rhizolysis. All 154 patients had been previously treated by an orthopaedic surgeon.