title: [Epidural injections of steroids in the treatment of patients with chronic sciatica in discopathy].
abstract: The authors tried to assess the effectiveness of the treatment with epidural steroid injections in cases with lumbar discopathy and chronic ischialgia++. Thirty patients were given one or two injections of Depo-Medrol or Polcortolon with added bupivacaine++ into the epidural space. The same number of patients were treated without such injections. Control examinations after 21 days showed greater and earlier improvement after Depo-Medrol . The results of Polcortolon were less evident. No side effects were observed.
authors.affiliation: Oddziału Neurologii Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Specjalistycznego.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Popiołek
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Domanik
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mazurkiewicz
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007268:Injections, Epidural; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000187:drug effects*; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D000077555:Methylprednisolone Acetate; D012585:Sciatica / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D014221:Triamcinolone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D014221:Triamcinolone; D000077555:Methylprednisolone Acetate; C030262:triamcinolone diacetate; D008775:Methylprednisolone; D002045:Bupivacaine
vernacular_title: Leczenie sterydowymi ostrzyknieciami nadoponowymi chorych z przewlekła rwa kulszowa w przebiegu dyskopatii.