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Therapeutic efficacy of selective nerve root injections for cervical radiculopathy

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Barrett Boody

Study Design: Retrospective case-series Objective: To assess the clinical effect of single level cervical selective nerve root injection (SNI) on patient outcomes. Methods: A total of 120 injections in 108 patients with at least 1-year follow-up were identified at one institution following a single-level, one-sided SNI that provided >90% relief. Statistical analysis was performed comparing time from symptom onset to injection, pre- and post-injection Neck Disability Index (NDI) and VAS arm pain scores, and injection type. Results: At 1-year follow-up 39.2% of patients had avoided surgical intervention. Both groups were similar in gender and cervical levels affected. Both surgical and non-surgical groups had significant improvement in NDI scores (44.7 to 29.8, p=0.0006 and 33.7 to 16.... view more»

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