[Mid-term clinical results of in-patient conservative treatment of cervicobrachialgia syndromes].
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to evaluate the mid-term results of an in-patient conservative therapy regimen for discogenic cervicobrachialgia.


METHODS
A retrospective follow-up of 100 patients after an average of 4.01 years with clinical examination and a questionnaire was performed.


RESULTS
The subjective outcome rating for pain on a scale from 0 (pain-free) to 10 (maximum imaginable pain) was reduced from 7.91 at beginning of the therapy to 3.19 at the end of the therapy and to 1.5 at follow-up (p < 0.005). Duration of pain, reductions of motion and palsy improved significantly. The patients' appraisal of required surgical therapy could be reduced from 26 % at beginning to 2 % at the end of the therapy.


CONCLUSIONS
The intensive conservative in-patient treatment for discogenic cervicobrachialgia shows a high satisfaction of the treated patients even after a follow-up of four years. The natural course of the disease shows a rapid and stable remission after wearing off the acute or subacute complaints.
Rubenthaler
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F
Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Bochum. frank.rubenthaler@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Lepper
M
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Wiese
M
M
D020968:Brachial Plexus Neuritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome