Revue du rhumatisme (English ed.)
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Review Case Reports
Can an osteoporotic vertebral fracture cause compression of the spinal cord or cauda equina.
A 78-year-old woman developed an osteoporotic fracture of L2 followed two months later by spinal cord compression. Imaging study findings suggested a malignancy but a biopsy showed osteonecrosis, of which there was no evidence on the imaging studies. Osteonecrosis may be the cause of neurologic compromise associated with osteoporotic vertebral fractures.
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Clinical Trial
Short-term evaluation of periradicular corticosteroid injections in the treatment of lumbar radiculopathy associated with disc disease.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of periradicular corticosteroid injections performed under fluoroscopic guidance in the treatment of pain originating in the lumbosacral nerve roots. ⋯ Periradicular injections of corticosteroids done under fluoroscopic guidance as an outpatient procedure was effective and safe in our study and may deserve to be used as part of the conservative management of lumbar nerve root pain before resorting to more invasive methods.