title: Crossed transvertebral puncture to block spinal ganglion in treatment of pain.
abstract: A simple and highly efficient percutaneous method eliminating the spinal ganglion and its posterior spinal cord root in treating metameric pain is described. Monitored by X-ray the needle crosses the vertebral canal passing e.g. from the right into the left intervertebral space. The intervention itself is made by a mesocaine alcohol block. The first experience with 12 patients is favourable in postdiscotomic syndromes or lumbar and causalgic pains in lower extremities having no mechanical cause discovered by CT.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Higher Nervous Activity, Palacký University Olomouc.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kolarík
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nádvorník
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dvorák
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andrs
mesh_terms: D000083:Acetanilides / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000328:Adult; D001340:Autonomic Nerve Block; D001416:Back Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002422:Causalgia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D014288:Trimecaine / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D000083:Acetanilides; D014288:Trimecaine