Selective Nerve Root Block in Treatment of Lumbar Radiculopathy: A Narrative Review

Selective Nerve Root Block (SNRB) is a precise local injection technique that can be utilised to target particular inflamed nerve root causing lumbar radiculopathy for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Usually, SNRB therapeutic, combination of anaesthetic agent steroid injected under imaging guidance, whereas purposes, just the injected. While ideal treatment strategy relieve from its compressing pathology, steroids targeted at affected also attempted reduce inflammation thus achieve pain relief. Although general principle administering an remains largely same across field, there are differences in techniques depending on region level spine targeted. Moreover, drug combinations by clinicians vary based preference. The proven benefits SNRBs outweigh their risks, procedure deemed safe well tolerated majority patients. In this narrative, we explore existing literature seek provide comprehensive understanding as radiculopathy, indications, techniques, outcomes, complications.