(217) Selective Nerve Root Injections Can Accurately Predict Level of Nerve Impairment and Outcome for Surgical Decompression: A Retrospective Analysis

Diagnosis of chronic radiating lower back pain without overt focal neurologic deficits: what is the value of segmental nerve blocks?

“…High sensitivity and specificity are attributed to SNBs when used to predict surgical outcomes in patients with specific radicular syndromes. These patients suffer from nerve compression with secondary neurologic deficits as a result of a lumbar herniated disc or spinal stenosis [3][4][5][6]14,[16][17][18][19]. Hogan, in contrast, postulates that no role has been demonstrated for SNBs in evaluating patients for neuroablative procedures [20].…”