Clinical application of percutaneous lumbar puncture to treat sciatica caused by lumbar disc herniation under CT guidance / 介入放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effect of the percutaneous lumbar puncture to treat sciatica caused by lumbar disc herniation.Methods 75 cases of lumbar disc herniation with significant clinical signs were confirmed by CT scan. The technique of the percutaneous lumbar puncture led the needle to approach nerve root and injected medicine diffusing into extraduramater, and then relieved the symptom of sciatica. Results The rate of success of percutaneous lumbar puncture guided by CT reached to 100%. After two weeks of follow up, the symptom of pain was obviously improved and disappeared in 63.3% cases. There were 23.0% cases needed a second proceduse, and no change was obsesved in 9.3% cases.Conclusions The percutaneous lumbar puncture guided by CT to treat sciatica resulted from lumbar disc herniation is one of the safe ,reliable,effective new methods with no complication. The long term effectiveness is still in need of investigation.