BACKGROUND Active muscular trigger points (aMTPs) presenting with radiating pain can interfere in diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from lumbosacral radiculopathy. OBJECTIVES We aimed to diagnose and evaluate the trigger point therapy on the outcome of pain in patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 98 patients were enrolled suffered with chroni...

Transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) is a minimally invasive modality used to treat patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy secondary to prolapsed intervertebral disc or spinal canal stenosis. In this case report, we describe the management of a patient with chronic lumbosacral radiculopathy secondary to intervertebral disc herniation which was seen as a right paracentral disc prot...

RATIONALE Transforaminal epidural glucocorticoids administration is widely performed for the management of lumbosacral radiculopathy. However, it may worsen the condition of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Polydeoxyribonucleotide (PDRN) was recently noted as a substitute for glucocorticoids. PATIENT CONCERNS A 44-year-old male patient was admitted to our pain clinic with symptoms...

INTRODUCTION Postirradiation lumbosacral syndrome is a radiculopathy induced by radiation injury to the spinal cord. Its usual presentation is motor deficit and or sensory loss involving the lower limbs. Visceral involvement has not been reported previously. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a case of severe hypotonic bladder caused by radiation-induced spinal cord injury following treatment of s...

Introduction: Electromyography (EMG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are the main diagnostic tools in radiculopathy. The aim of the study was to classify and correlate MRI and EMG findings in diagnosis of suspicious cervical or lumbosacral radiculopathy. Study design: Retrospective. Methods: We reviewed 346 patients, with complaints of numbness and pain in the neck and back for at least ei...

Many etiologies may cause sciatica, and intra-abdominal masses usually affect the lumbosacral plexus by local invasion or distal metastases. Lumbosacral plexopathy caused by compression of intra-abdominal tumors instead of invasion is rarely seen. A 67-year-old woman had a 3-month history of progressive neurogenic claudication, lumbago and left L5 radiculopathy with foot drop. Nocturia and prog...

Electrodiagnostic findings of fibrillations and positive sharp waves in the lumbosacral paraspinals in patients without previous back surgery has been generally considered to be abnormal, consistent with posterior rami denervation. In some cases, it is the only abnormality on the electromyographic examination. This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of abnormal spontaneous activit...

Five patients presenting with sensory-motor disturbances consistent with a clinical diagnosis of L5 or S1 radiculopathy were studied. All had conventional nerve conduction tests and electromyography. The lumbosacral roots were stimulated in the lumbosacral region by using the Cadwell MES-10 Magneto-electric stimulator. The compound muscle action potentials were recorded bilaterally by surface e...