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Prospective Studies

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Prospective Studies*

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Prospective Payment System* ; Prospective Studies*

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Prospective Payment System* ; Prospective Studies*

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Cohort Studies ; Prospective Studies

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Cohort Studies ; Prospective Studies

STUDY DESIGN: Prospective study. PURPOSE: We compared the effects of two methods of epidural steroid injection in patients with recurrent disc herniation. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: To our knowledge, there is no previous report of such a comparison in these patients. METHODS: The study was performed with 30 patients with relapsed lumbar disc herniation whose pain was not relieved by conservative remedies. The patients were divided into two groups, each of 15 patients, and entered the study for caudal or transforaminal injections. The degree of pain, ability to stand and walk, and the Prolo function score were evaluated in both groups before the injection and 2 months and 6 months after the injection. RESULTS: The degrees of pain reduction in the caudal injection group in the second and sixth months were 0.6 and 1.63, respectively, and in the transforaminal injection group were 1.33 and 1.56, respectively. The difference between the two methods was not statistically significant. Similarly, no other evaluated criterion showed a significant difference between the methods. CONCLUSIONS: In the current study, the caudal and transforaminal steroid injection methods showed similar outcomes in the treatment of relapsed lumbar disc herniation. However, more detailed patient categorizing may help in finding possible subgroups with differences.
Humans ; Prospective Studies

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Hospitals, Teaching* ; Prospective Studies*

OBJECTIVES: To campare the differences of clinical and radiological results between the posterolateral fusion and the anterior interbody fusion. MATERIALS AND METHOD: For prospective study, the anterior interbody fusion was performed in 20 patients(Group I) and the pos-terolateral fusion was performed in 20 patients(Group II). The operation time, pre- & post-operative hemodynamic changes, functional recovery and fusion rate were compared. RESULTS: The average operation time was 180 min in group I and 100 min in group II. The average estimated blood loss and transfusion amount were assessed 1225cc, 926cc in group I and 1034cc, 880cc in group II. Clinical results were as follows: excellent 25%, good 65%, fair 10% in group I and excellent 15%, good 50%, fair 30%, poor 5% in group II. The fusion rate was 100% in group I and 75% in group II. CONCLUSION: The anterior interbody fusion with posterior instrumentation is considered encouraging operative methods.
Hemodynamics ; Prospective Studies* ; Spine

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Bupivacaine* ; Morphine* ; Prospective Studies*