title: Treatment for lumbar sciatic pain in posterior articular lumbar joint syndrome.
abstract: One-hundred-and-fifty-four selected patients aged 19--80 years with lumbar sciatic pain of 2-week-30-year duration, treated with percutaneous rhizolysis, epidural block and acupuncture are reviewed. One-hundred-and-eighteen (76.6%) patients were significantly relieved of their pain. One-hundred-and-twenty-two patients (79.2%) underwent rhizolysis. All 154 patients had been previously treated by an orthopaedic surgeon.
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003714:Denervation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000294:innervation; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009407:Nerve Block; D012585:Sciatica / Q000628:therapy*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D013577:Syndrome