title: Foraminal injection of a painful sacral nerve root using an epidural catheter: case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Nerve root pain has been treated with steroid injections since the 1970s. We will describe a novel method for nerve root injection using a directed epidural catheter.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case is described where catheter placement accurately reproduced symptoms which were then relieved with local anesthetic and steroid.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is a novel approach to treatment of painful nerve roots with a catheter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Temple University Hospital, 3901 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. friedmr@tuhs.temple.edu
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mehrotra
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mosuro
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Atkinson
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization; D004824:Epidural Space; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000628:therapy*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D008775:Methylprednisolone