title: [Combination of canales sacralis drop with acupotomy dissolution in treatment of discogenic lumbocrural pain].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the combination of drop in canales sacralis with acupotomy dissolution in the treatment of lumbocrural pain caused by slipped discs.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and thirty-nine patients with lumbocrural pain caused by slipped discs were randomly divided into 3 groups: cases in Group A were treated by the drop in canales sacralis, in Group B by acupotomy dissolution and in Group C by the combination of canales sacralis drop with acupotomy dissolution. MacNab score and VAS score were assayed before treatment and 1 week, 3 and 6 months after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The effective rates in Groups A, B and C at 1 week, 3 and 6 months after treatment were 71.4%, 75.5%, 79.6%; 75.0%, 79.6%, 81.8% and 89.1%, 91.3%, 93.5%, respectively (P < 0.01). The pain intensity in Group C was reduced more markedly at different time points after treatment than that in Group A and Group B (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The combination of canales sacralis drop with acupotomy dissolution is superior to each method used alone in treatment of lumbocrural pain caused by slipped discs in the short-and long-term.
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Rongjun Hospital, Jiaxing 314001, China. jxliangxh@163.com
authors.forename: Xiao-hong
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Xin-gen
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guang-tao
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Wei-yu
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007322:Instillation, Drug; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome