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Özlü, Eylem Burcu Kahraman, Sagiri, Dilara Başgül, Çalışaneller, Arif Tarkan |
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Comprehensive Medicine; Jul2024, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p180-184, 5p |
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Objective: This study aimed to evaluate whether there was a significant relationship between visual pain score and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio values over time in patients who were treated with transforaminal epidural steroids for radicular pain. Materials and Methods: The study included 32 cases admitted to our hospital's neurosurgery clinic with the complaint of radicular pain. Patients' age, gender, visual pain scale (VPS) and NLR values on the operation day (Day 0), 15th and 30th days of the procedure were evaluated retrospectively. Results: The mean age of 11 male (34.4%) and 21 female (65.6%) patients was found to be 54.8±11.7 (31-81). For all cases, the mean VPS score on the day 0 was 7.13±1.60 (4-10), 4.84±1.94 (1-8) on the day 15, and 4.38±2.28 (1-10) on the day 30. the NLR value measured on the 15th day did not show a significant (p>0.05) change compared to the measurement made on the day of the procedure (Day 0). However, the NLR value of the 30th day showed a statistically significant decrease (p<0.05) compared to the 0th and 15th day measurements. Conclusion: It is thought that the NLR value, which is used as a marker in the literature to evaluate the prognosis of many inflammatory processes, may be a marker associated with inflammatory processes in the epidural space in cases with lumbar radicular pain and that TESI is effective in pain control by suppressing the inflammatory process in the epidural space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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