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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2015 Sep 24;37(2):373–379. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4517

Table 3.

Outcome of Aspiration-Injection Therapy

Symptom/Sign Outcome
Excellent Good Unchanged
Local Pain 87 (41.4%) 72 (34.3%) 51 (24.3%)
Sciatica/Neuropathy 81 (53.6%) 32 (21.2%) 38 (25.2%)
Perineal Pain/Sensory Loss 86 (41.4%) 70 (33.5%) 53 (25.4%)
Bladder/Sexual Dysfunction 30 (32.6%) 38 (41.3%) 24 (26.1%)
Bowel Dysfunction 22 (35.5%) 23 (37.1%) 17 (27.4%)
Plantar Flexion Weakness 44 (50.6%) 20 (23.0%) 23 (26.4%)
Plantar Flexion Paralysis 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (100%)
Dorsiflexion Paralysis 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (100%)
Rectal Sphincter Reduction 22 (36.1%) 23 (37.7%) 16 (26.2%)