results the search criteria yielded 16 manuscripts on percutaneous adhesiolysis assessing post-surgery syndrome. of these, only 4 randomized trials met inclusion criteria for methodological quality assessment, 3 of them were of high quality; and the fourth manuscript was of low quality. based on these 3 randomized controlled trials, 2 of them with one-day procedure and one with a 3-day procedur...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Clinical effects and the potential synergism between clonidine, an alpha2-adrenergic agonist, and ropivacaine have not been studied in patients undergoing epidural anesthesia. This research aimed at clinically evaluating clonidine associated to ropivacaine for epidural anesthesia. METHODS Participated in this double-blind study 60 patients of both genders who were di...

Transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) is a recognized nonsurgical management of radicular back pain through its effects on neural inflammation and edema [1]. Electrodiagnostic changes of the compressed nerve root such as Hoffmann reflex (H-reflex) are apparent within days following injury and persist throughout nerve compression [2], with sensitivity and specificity of 50% and 91%, ...