Comparison of the Clinical Outcomes of an Ultrasound-Guided and C-Arm Guided Cervical Nerve Root Block
10.4055/jkoa.2020.55.1.78
- Author:
Dae Ho HA
1
;
Dae Moo SHIM
;
Tae Kyun KIM
;
Sung Kyun OH
;
Hyun Jun LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea. niceo@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
2020;55(1):78-84
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE:This paper compares the clinical outcomes of patients who were treated with a cervical nerve block by ultrasound and C-arm and reports the complication.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 97 patients were treated with an ultrasound-guided nerve root block from May 1, 2015 to February 8, 2018. On the other hand, 94 patients were treated with a C-arm guided nerve root block. The consequences of the cervical pain and the radiating pain before and after the procedures were reviewed using the verbal numeric rating scale (VNRS). In addition, the complications related to the procedures from the daily notes from the chart were inspected.
RESULTS:Sixty-six cases out of 97 cases of ultrasound-guided nerve root block were enrolled in the study. The average age of the patients was 57 years, including 41 males and 25 females. Seventy seven out of 94 cases by a C-arm guided root block were included in the study. The average age of the patients was 55 years, including 40 males and 37 females. Before the nerve root block, the mean numeric rating pain scale (NRS) of the cervical pain in ultrasound-guided block decreased from 5.4 points to 2.7 points at three weeks and 1.4 points at six weeks (p=0.0023, p<0.001), and 3.1 points in the C-arm (p<0.001, p<0.001) at three weeks and 1.5 points at six weeks (p<0.001, p<0.001). In the case of radiating pain, the mean NRS in the ultrasound-guided nerve root block group improved from 6.3 points after the procedure to 2.8 points at three weeks and 1.5 points at six weeks (p<0.001, p<0.001). In the C-arm guided nerve root block group, the NRS improved from 7.4 points after the procedure to 3.3 points at three weeks and 1.9 points at six weeks. In the case of complications, Horner's syndrome and propriospinal myoclonus were observed in one case of C-arm guided block group.
CONCLUSION:The clinical results of the patients who underwent ultrasound-guided cervical nerve root block were not significantly different from those who underwent a C-arm guided cervical nerve root block.
