The efficacy of lumbar sympathetic nerve block for neurogenic intermittent claudication in lumbar spinal stenosis

Background: The symptoms of LSS include radicular symptoms (RS) and IMC. IMC is thought to be caused by circulatory disturbances in the cauda equina nerves and does not often resolve naturally. There are reports of increased cauda equina nerve blood flow in canine spinal stenosis models as a result...

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Main Authors: Masataka Ifuku, Masako Iseki, Rie Hasegawa, Yoshihito Morita, Shuji Komatsu, Eiichi Inada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Pain
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Online Access:http://www.indianjpain.org/article.asp?issn=0970-5333;year=2013;volume=27;issue=3;spage=159;epage=164;aulast=Ifuku