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Selective Cervical Nerve Root Blockade: Prospective Study of Immediate and Longer Term Complications
... C4 nerve root, 112 at C5, 300 at C6, 305 at C7, and 32 at ...C7 nerve root blockade, and this study was electively aborted without ...(C8 nerve root) was technically challenging ...
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CT Guided Cervical Selective Nerve Root Block with a Dorsal Approach
... It is difficult to compare the CT technique with the fluoro- scopic technique in terms of contrast use. First, vascular up- take in the dorsal approach appears to be much more unlikely because the final needle position ...
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A Clinical Analysis of Repairing the Whole Brachial Plexus Nerve Root Avulsion by Transferring C7 Nerve Root from the Uninjured Side
... dynamic nerve should still be preferred when repairing the damaged to brachial plexus nerves by using nerve tranfer ...C7 nerve root from the uninjured side should comply with the following ...
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Quantitative Evaluation and Visualization of Lumbar Foraminal Nerve Root Entrapment by Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging: Preliminary Results
... selective nerve root block; and a combination of diagnostic images, including plain radiographs, CT, and MR ...selective nerve root block accurately diagnosed the location of symptomatic ...
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Endoscopic decompression for intraforaminal and extraforaminal nerve root compression
... Posterior decompression was performed using a micro- endoscope in all patients. Fourteen patients underwent the extraforaminal approach [3] and 2 patients under- went the translaminar approach [6,7]. In addition to ...
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Symptomatic Nerve Root Changes on Contrast Enhanced MR Imaging after Surgery for Lumbar Disk Herniation
... the nerve root often made pixel measurements ...enhanced nerve root could not be differentiated from RDH or PEF, a comparison with the unaffected nerve root was per- ...
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Value of Diagnostic Lumbar Selective Nerve Root Block: A Prospective Controlled Study
... selective nerve root blocks with use of a prospective, con- trolled, single-blinded design in consecutive patients with a single-level lumbosacral radiculopathy; and third, to identify the potential factors ...
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Prevalence and percutaneous drainage of cysts of the sacral nerve root sheath (Tarlov cysts)
... This study suggests that percutaneous drainage can give a reliable, minimally invasive form of relief to patients suffering from sciatica caused by nerve root compression from perineuria[r] ...
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Adjacent Double–Nerve Root Contributions in Unilateral Lumbar Radiculopathy
... intended nerve, we inserted the spinal needle and brought it adjacent to the root to be ...intended root by using anteroposterior and lateral ...the root or ganglion when the procedure was ...
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Lumbosacral nerve root enhancement with disk herniation on contrast enhanced MR
... Nerve root enhancement on contrast-en- hanced magnetic resonance (MR) images has been observed in patients after lumbosacral surgery (1, 2), in healthy subjects (3– 6), and in patients with disk herniation ...
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Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications of Conjoined Nerve Root Anomalies: A Senegalese Study of Three Cases
... This is a well-written case series discussing the local experience with conjoined nerve root anomalies in sub-Saharan region. Although the number of cases is limited, the authors have provided a ...
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CT morphology of intrathecal lumbosacral nerve root compression
... TD = decrease in transverse diameter of dural sac or in lateral extension of root sheath; AN = flattening of ventrolateral angle of dural sac or of emerging root sheath ; FA = disappeara[r] ...
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Clinical course, characteristics and prognostic indicators in patients presenting with back and leg pain in primary care. The ATLAS study protocol
... Methods: Adults aged 18 years and over consulting their General Practitioner (GP) with LBP and radiating leg pain of any duration at (n = 500) GP practices in North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, UK will be invited to ...
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The Diagnostic Value of CT Myelography, MR Myelography, and Both in Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy
... subtle nerve root findings for the pre- diction of complete avulsion, as well as the uncommon finding of pseudomeningoceles with present rootlets, may help explain the similar performance of CT and MR ...
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Refractory Occipital Neuralgia: Preoperative Assessment with CT Guided Nerve Block Prior to Dorsal Cervical Rhizotomy
... cervical nerve roots, pedicles and ar- ticular facets do not protect the dorsal rami of C1 and C2 nerves as they pass above the arches of the atlas and axis, respectively (Figs 2 and ...C1 nerve root ...
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Function after spinal treatment, exercise and rehabilitation (FASTER): improving the functional outcome of spinal surgery
... and nerve root decompression for spinal ...of nerve root stenosis and disc protrusion as to preclude a new trial comparing surgical versus conservative treatment of these conditions ...
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Clinical course, characteristics and prognostic indicators in patients presenting with back and leg pain in primary care The ATLAS study protocol
... This study will provide information on the course and prognosis of pain, disability and other health outcomes in patients presenting with back and leg pain in primary care, assessed according to a standardised schedule ...
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Cost effectiveness of decompression according to Gill versus instrumented spondylodesis in the treatment of sciatica due to low grade spondylolytic spondylolisthesis: A prospective randomised controlled trial [NTR1300]
... with nerve root decompression alone will obtain at least 20% difference in RDQ ...with nerve root decompression alone should have good results in order to proof superiority of Gill's proce- ...
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... However, nerve root compression was seen more commonly in the young adults as compared to ...of nerve root compromise could be a source of bias and ...
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The American Journal of Neuroradiology: Expanding Its Vision, Extending Its Reach
... intradural nerve root abnormali- ties from a series of 10 patients with type I, II, and III ...enlarged nerve roots in patients with type I HMSN, in the absence of palpable peripheral nerve ...
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