Table 1.
Patients with LDH and coexisting PLSD who showed a response to block therapy at 2-week post-blocking assessment
| Case | Age | Sex | LDH | SCN-EN | MCN-EN | SIJ pain | Root block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| level | number of blocks | number of blocks | number of blocks | number of blocks | |||
| 1 | 64 | F | L4/5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 43 | M | L5/S | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 65 | F | L5/S | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 61 | F | L4/5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 64 | F | L5/S | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 52 | F | L5/S | 0 | 1* | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 44 | F | L5/S | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 73 | F | L4/5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 79 | F | L3/4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
*
In case six symptoms due to MCN entrapment recurred 2-week post-blocking and MCN neurolysis was performed 29 days after block delivery. LDH: lumbar disc herniation, MCN-EN: middle cluneal nerve entrapment, PLSD: paralumbar spine disease, SCN-EN: superior cluneal nerve entrapment, SIJ: sacroiliac joint.