Management of chronic dorsal root pain with epidural steroid.
Twenty-eight patients presenting with typical dorsal root pain of more than six months' duration were given a series of three epidural injections of methylprednisolone acetate. The patients were grouped according to known aetiologic factors. Improvement in symptoms was most marked in the post-herpetic group where 86% were free of pain after six months. In the post-trauma/surgical group, 50% of patients were free of pain after six months, while in the idiopathic group only minimal improvement occurred. The side-effects of steroid administration into the epidural space were in all cases minor.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008875:Middle Aged
D008775:Methylprednisolone