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Foraminal Injection of a Painful Sacral Nerve Root Using an Epidural Catheter: Case Report
Abstract
Background and Objectives 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.
Case Report A case is described where catheter placement accurately reproduced symptoms which were then relieved with local anesthetic and steroid.
Conclusion This is a novel approach to treatment of painful nerve roots with a catheter.
- Lumbar radiculopathy
- Dorsal root ganglion
- Injection
- Fluoroscopy
- Pain
- and Epidural catheter