The Korean Journal of Pain

The Korean Pain Society (대한통증학회)
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Management of Cervical Radiculopathy with Epidural Steroid Injection

경막외 스테로이드 주입에 의한 경부 신경근증의 치료

  • Shin, Keun-Man (Department of Anesthesiology, Hallym University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Hong, Soon-Yong (Department of Anesthesiology, Hallym University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Young-Ryong (Department of Anesthesiology, Hallym University, College of Medicine)
  • 신근만 (한림대학교 의과대학 마취과학교실) ;
  • 홍순용 (한림대학교 의과대학 마취과학교실) ;
  • 최영룡 (한림대학교 의과대학 마취과학교실)
  • Published : 1991.11.23
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Abstract

Cervical epidural steroid injection, although not as familiar to many anesthesiologists, can be useful in the management of patients with acute and chronic neck, shoulder and arm pain. My clinic personally contacted and interviewed thirty patients with cervical radiculopathy who received cervical epidural steroid injection. Twenty seven percent of the patients had a excellent response(greater than 75% improvement) and fifty percent of the patients had a good response (greater than 50% improvement) to an injection of steroid into the cervical epidural space. We have concluded that cervical epidural steroid injection was very effective in the management of cervical radiculopathy and represented a possible alternative to surgery. Many anesthesiologists should add to their armamentarium the use of such techniques in the management of cervical radiculopathy.

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