BACKGROUND Chronic lumbosacral radicular pain is a challenging medical problem with respect to therapeutic management. Many patients with lumbosacral radicular pain complain of persistent leg pain after transforaminal epidural steroid injection. Nowadays, pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) stimulation on the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) is widely used for controlling lumbosacral radicular pain. METHOD...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Radiologic methods for the diagnosis of chemical radiculitis associated with anular tears in the lumbar spine have been rare. Provocative diskography is one of the methods for diagnosing diskogenic chemical radiculitis but is invasive. A reliable imaging method for replacing provocative diskography and diagnosing chemical radiculitis is required. Our aim was to investigat...

J Rehabil Med 44 © 2012 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/16501977-1034 Journal Compilation © 2012 Foundation of Rehabilitation Information. ISSN 1650-1977 Objective: To compare the clinical implications of electro­ diagnostic study with those of magnetic resonance imaging in patients with lumbosacral intervertebral herniated disc or spinal stenosis. Design: Retrospective study of clinical data. Patien...

Adverse effects of IT chemotherapy include arachnoiditis, lumbosacral radiculopathy, leukoencephalopathy, and myelopathy.[3] MRI findings include T2 hyperintensities in the central and posterior columns, cord swelling, or lateral column contrast enhancement. Vacuolar degeneration of the white matter is usually described in MTX myelopathy. Rarely extensive necrotic myelopathy has been noted.[4] ...