Abstract
Thirty-three patients who had cervical radiculopathy were treated by epidural steroid injection, epidural block, and/or stellate ganglion block, and several additional blocks, i.e. intradiscal steroid injection, facet block and nerve root block the patients were followed up during 6-months eriod. Seventy-three percents of these patients had good pain relief. Seven patients (21% of 33 cases) showed recurrence of radicular pain, whereas the pain was mild. The results suggest that as conservative therapy for cervical radiculopathy, the procedure of appropriate nerve blocks might be effective in patients with radicular pain at neck, shoulder, interscapula and/or arm regions.
