Retrospective evaluation of patients treated with intradiscal discectomy + RFTC using the Disc-Fx method in lumbar discopathy.

Objectives: Low back pain is an important public health problem that impairs quality of life and causes limitations in both social and working life. It is attempted to be treated with conservative or surgical procedures. However, how wise is it to plan surgery with a high complication rate when conservative treatment fails to respond?

Methods: In this study, it was planned to investigate the effectiveness of the Disc-Fx procedure, which is one of the minimally invasive techniques for low back pain.

Intra-articular injection of autologous fat tissue in the treatment of patients with chronic knee pain due to osteoarthritis.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of autologous fat tissue injection into the knee joint for the treatment of osteoarthritis.

Methods: We reviewed 165 patients who received an intra-articular injection of autologous fat tissue for knee osteoarthritis. The efficacy of the treatment was evaluated at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months follow-up using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), and Oxford Knee Score (OKS).

Postoperative Chronic Pain Syndrome and Risk Factors in Patients with Breast Surgery.

Objective: To investigate the incidence of chronic postoperative pain after different types of breast surgery, and investigate the risk factors associated with chronic postoperative pain.

Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Ibnisina Hospital, from January to May 2021.

Efficacy of an Intra-articular Ozone Injection for Chronic Knee Pain Due to Osteoarthritis.

Context: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, affecting an estimated 302-million people worldwide, and it's a leading cause of disability among older adults. Current treatments for OA are largely unsatisfactory. Ozone is an inexpensive, accessible, and easily applicable treatment for OA.

Acute rhabdomyolysis following epidural steroid injection: An unusual complication in a patient with low back pain.

Epidural steroid injection is a very common intervention in the treatment of low back pain and sciatic symptoms. The most common complication for epidural steroid injection is transient headache with or without identifiable dural puncture. Other complications have also been reported, including intravascular entry, local hematoma, bleeding, increased back pain, facial flushing, vasovagal reactions, nausea, and fever.

Clinical results of intradiscal hydrogel administration (GelStix) in lumbar degenerative disc disease.

Background/aim: Degenerative disc disease (DDD) is one of the main causes of lower back pain. In this study, we evaluate the efficacy of percutaneous intradiscal GelStix administration in patients with discogenic pain due to lumbar DDD who were unresponsive to conservative methods.

Materials And Methods: A total of 29 patients were included in the study, which took place between 2013 and 2017.

Percutaneous navigable intradiscal decompression in treatment of lumbar disc herniation: a single-center experience.

Background/aim: Minimally invasive procedures have been increasingly used for the treatment of herniated discs. Nonsurgical interventions minimize the secondary damage to other tissues and shorten the length of hospital stay by avoiding general anesthesia. Possible complications are thermal injuries, root injury, discitis, endplate damage, dural injury, meningitis, infection, increase in pain, and muscle spasm.

Evaluation of the efficacy of epiduroscopic adhesiolysis in failed back surgery syndrome.

Background/aim: We aimed to compare the results of the treatment of the patients with failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) by mechanical lysis and steroid hylase injection via epiduroscopy due to their stabilization status and to detect the effect of pathological diagnostic markers on prognosis and ongoing treatment protocol.

Materials And Methods: Eighty-two patients with FBSS symptoms were included. Two groups were composed as group I (stabilized) and group II (nonstabilized).

Percutaneous plasma laser disc coagulation and navigable ablation decompression in the treatment of cervical disc herniation: a single center experience.

Background/aim: We aimed to compare the effectivity of percutaneous disc coagulation therapy (PDCT) and navigable ablation decompression treatment (L-DISQ) in patients who were diagnosed with cervical disc herniation.

Materials And Methods: Visual analog scale (VAS) and Neck Pain Index (NPI) scores were recorded initially and at the 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 12th months after the procedures. Patient Satisfaction Scale (PSS) scores were recorded 12 months after the procedures

Results: Mean VAS scores were 7.

Effectiveness of Percutaneous Intradiscal Decompression Therapy in Thoracic Disc Herniation.

Aims: Although there have been many studies about lumbar and cervical ablation procedures, few studies have been performed in the thoracic region. To evaluate the clinical results of a percutaneous disc decompression device in patients with radicular symptoms and/or dorsal pain due to thoracic disc herniation.

Methods: Eleven patients with thoracic disc herniation and/or degenerative discs (all in T10-T11, or T11-T12 levels) who did not respond to conservative treatments were undergoing ablation and compression procedures.

[Thoracic outlet syndrome: A case of scalene muscle hypertrophy in long-term follow-up of diagnosis of cervical discopathy].

Described in this article is diagnosis and treatment of mixed type of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) resulting from scalene muscle hypertrophy. Many diseases should be considered in the differential diagnosis to definitively diagnose this syndrome, and it is necessary to ask about activities of daily life, in addition to adding provocative tests to physical examination and examining electrophysiological and imaging results. Once diagnosed, even if complaints decrease with conservative treatment, surgery may be required.

The comparison of the efficacy of radiofrequency nucleoplasty and targeted disc decompression in lumbar radiculopathy.

Chronic low back pain is a common clinical condition causing medical, socioeconomic, and treatment difficulties. In our study, we aimed to compare early and long-term efficacy of lumbar radiofrequency thermocoagulation (RFTC) nucleoplasty and targeted disc decompression (TDD) in patients with lumbar radiculopathy in whom previous conventional therapy had failed. The medical records of 37 patients undergoing TDD and 36 patients undergoing lumbar RFTC nucleoplasty were retrospectively examined and assigned to the Group D and Group N, respectively.

Comparison of ropivacaine 0.2% and 0.25% with lidocaine 0.5% for intravenous regional anesthesia.

Study Objective: To compare the anesthetic effects of two different concentrations and doses of ropivacaine (0.2% and 0.25%) with those of a conventional dose of lidocaine 0.

Evaluation of the longus colli muscle in relation to stellate ganglion block.

Background And Objectives: The longus colli (LC) muscle is an important structure of the anterior cervical spine and has a critical role in stellate ganglion block. This technique involves withdrawing the needle to locate its port for injection above the anterior surface of the LC muscle; however, its exact thickness at the C5, C6, and C7 levels has not been measured. The aim of this anatomic and magnetic resonance-supported study was to evaluate the thickness of the LC muscle at these levels from the anterior tubercle of each vertebra toward the vertebral body at 5-, 10-, and 15-mm distances to provide precise anatomic data for stellate ganglion block.

Sympathetic radiofrequency neurolysis for unilateral lumbar hyperhidrosis: a case report.

Patients with hyperhidrosis suffer from physical, social and mental discomfort which often cannot be treated sufficiently using conservative measures. A new percutaneous approach to sympathectomy using radiofrequency denervation has seemed to offer longer duration of action and less incidence of post sympathetic neuralgia. This article reports the authors' experience with sympathetic RF neurolysis in a 35 year old male with right unilateral lumbar hyperhidrosis.

Effects of interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor on sensitivity of dorsal root ganglion and peripheral receptive fields in rats.

This study was designed to characterize the effects of low doses (0.5-5 ng) of pro-inflammatory cytokines, interleukin-1 beta (IL-1beta), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor (TNF), on the neural activity of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) in rats. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of cytokines (IL-1beta, IL-6, and TNF) on the somatosensory neural response of DRG.

Dorsal root sensitivity to interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor in rats.

The release of inflammatory cytokines caused by a disrupted disc may play a critical role in pain production at nerve endings, axons, and nerve cell bodies. Herniated disc tissue has been shown to release inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1 beta (IL-1beta), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor (TNF), and other algesic chemicals. This study was designed to characterize the effects of these proinflammatory cytokines on the somatosensory neural response at the dorsal root level in rats.