Anabolic Steroids Blog - iSteroids . com » Translaminar Technique effective for Neck Pain

Translaminar Technique effective for Neck Pain According to a recently concluded study, a translaminar approach to cervical spinal steroid injections can prove to be effective for reducing neck pain in as much as 83 percent of treated patients.

The study also suggested that a translaminar approach is an excellent treatment option as it does not come with any major complications and is safer than any alternative method or surgery.

These findings were presented by lead researcher William M. Strub, M.D., of the University of Cincinnati, who completed the study with interventional radiologists based at The Christ Hospital.

From News-Medical.Net:

In addition to being an effective treatment, the translaminar approach was found to be safer than an alternative method or surgery, as no major complications were observed. In the alternative approach, steroids are injected in close proximity to nerve bundles and small blood vessels in the spine, which can result in nerve damage or paralysis. The translaminar technique in the study avoids this risk by injecting the steroids into the epidural space in the neck, allowing the drug to spread up and down the spine to reduce the inflammation and subsequently reduce pain. This safer translaminar approach is an outpatient treatment, requiring only a small amount of local anesthesia. Although the injection does not treat the underlying cause of the pain, such as arthritis or herniated disc, it does treat the immediate pain flare-up, allowing patients to get back to their normal routines. The research was presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting in Seattle.

“Although the other approach offers pain relief, there is increased risk of major complications such as paralysis. This study shows the translaminar approach is just as effective, but without the risk,” explained lead researcher William M. Strub, M.D., of the University of Cincinnati, who completed the study with interventional radiologists based at The Christ Hospital. “This procedure can help provide pain relief in patients with neck pain from bulging discs, arthritis, and even in patients who continue to have pain after cervical spine surgery. It’s well tolerated, outpatient, nonsurgical, safe and effective, and as such, we expect this approach to become the gold standard for reducing patients’ neck pain.”

Strub added that this research brought forward some outstanding results without any major complications, which clearly suggested that these results are reproducible.

Bookmark It