title: Extradural injections and manual repositioning of spine in treatment of megalgia caused by cervical spondylotic radiculopathy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To ascertain if it is effective to use extradural injections and manual repositioning of the spine to treat megalgia caused by cervical spondylotic radiculopathy (CSR).
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients with megalgia caused by CSR were divided into a treatment group (n = 46) treated by extradural injection and manual repositioning of the spine and a control group (n = 46) treated by a conventional method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of cure was 58.69% and the total prevalence of effective cure in the treatment group was 97.83% and was 23.91% and 78.26%, respectively, in the control group: this difference between the two groups was significant (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Treatment of megalgia caused by CSR by extradural injections and manual repositioning of the spine has a good curative effect with rapid analgesia and short therapeutic course.
authors.affiliation: Bone-setting Center by Means of Combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine with Western Medicine, Air Force General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100142, China.
authors.forename: Yishan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiangyang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007268:Injections, Epidural; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D056888:Patient Positioning; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000150:complications*; D055009:Spondylosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics