Abstract |
A total of 210 patients of Lumbar disc prolapse with sciatica were given common peroneal block by infiltrating 2% xylocaine around the common peroneal nerve 3 cm below the head of fibula on the affected side. After receiving the block the pain decreased on from grade 2.99 +/- 0.46 to 0.91 +/- 0.99, and straight leg raising increased from 32.1 +/- 12.55 to 59.66 +/- 12.11 degrees. The method, as an outpatient procedure, has been found to be simple and useful in the patients of sciatica with prolapsed lumbar intervertebral disc potentially appropriate for a low-resource setting.
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Authors | S S Sangwan, Rajeev Mittal, Z S Kundu, R C Siwach, Soneet Aggarwal, R K Garg |
Journal | Tropical doctor
(Trop Doct)
Vol. 35
Issue 3
Pg. 172-4
(Jul 2005)
ISSN: 0049-4755 [Print] England |
PMID | 16105349
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Anesthetics, Local
- Lidocaine
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Anesthetics, Local
- Female
- Humans
- Intervertebral Disc Displacement
(complications)
- Lidocaine
- Low Back Pain
(drug therapy, etiology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Nerve Block
(methods)
- Peroneal Nerve
- Sciatica
(drug therapy, etiology)
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