Is It Radiculopathy or Referred Pain? Buttock Pain in Spinal Stenosis Patients.

Conclusions: The selective nerve root block showed superior results up to 6 weeks post-procedure. Considering that the selective nerve root block is effective for treating radiculopathy, the primary cause of buttock pain can be thought to be radiculopathy rather than degenerative changes of the facet joint.
PMID: 30838112 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery - March 7, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Clin Orthop Surg Source Type: research