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LUMBAR LATERAL BRANCH NEURALGIA; A COMPLICATION OF RHIZOLYSIS
Author(s) -
Bogduk N.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1981.tb135513.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lumbar , complication , dorsum , neuralgia , surgery , failed back surgery , anesthesia , anatomy , neuropathic pain , spinal cord , spinal cord stimulation , psychiatry
Rhizolysis has been regarded as a controversial, but safe, procedure for the treatment of back pain. A case of a neuralgia‐like pain syndrome resulting from transection of the lateral branches of the lumbar dorsal rami during rhizolysis is reported. The anatomy of the lumbar lateral branches is described, and their vulnerability is discussed. Attention is drawn to the likelihood of this complication with the use of rhizolysis in the vicinity of cutaneous branches of the dorsal rami.