Department of Radiology, Orthopedic University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Eur Spine J. 2013 May;22 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):S466-70. doi: 10.1007/s00586-012-2642-z. Epub 2013 Jan 18.
We report two detrimental neurologic complications after technically correct selected cervical nerve root blocks. Based on these cases and a thorough review of the literature, the indication for cervical nerve root blocks was reconsidered and limited. Similarly, we modified our technique to further reduce the likelihood for the occurrence of such severe complications.
我们报告了两例技术上正确的选择性颈神经根阻滞治疗后出现的不良神经并发症。基于这些病例和对文献的全面回顾,我们重新考虑并限制了颈神经根阻滞的适应证。同样,我们修改了我们的技术,以进一步降低发生此类严重并发症的可能性。