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Predictive Factors of Efficacy of Periradicular Corticosteroid Injections for Lumbar Radiculopathy

C. Cytevala, N. Fescqueta, E. Thomasb, E. Decouxa, F. Blotmanb and P. Taourela

a Medical Imaging Department, Lapeyronie Hospital, Montpellier, France
b Rheumatoid Department, Lapeyronie Hospital, Montpellier, France


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  		Fig 1. A, CT scan showing disk herniation in the posterolateral part of the L4-L5 disk.

B, Transforaminal periradicular infiltration at the L5–S1 level, demonstrating the needle placement and contrast medium within the right L5 root sheet.


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  		Fig 2. VAS of pain in the whole population (black) and in the population with good or excellent response (gray) at the 2 week follow-up, demonstrating that the benefit of the procedure persists.





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