[Continuous epidural blockade as a method of treatment of low back pain syndrome in the course of disk pathology. Introductory research]. / Ciagla zewnatrzoponowa blokada przeciwbólowa jako metoda leczenia bólu ledzwiowo-krzyzowego w przebiegu dyskopatii. Doniesienie wstepne.

The purpose of this study is to present several years experiences in using of epidural analgetic blockade in patients with a substantial exacerbation of radicular pain syndrome in the course of discopathy resistant to traditional treatment. The observation of 61 non-surgical patients, who were given epidurally an analgetic (Bupivacainum hydrochloricum or Morphinum hydrochloricum) and a steroid antiphlogistic (Depo-Medrol) simultaneously, using a stationary catheter, confirms the efficacy of the method. Taking advantages of local analgesia in order to break the pain arc, the possibility of sustaining it for an extended period of time, as well as its local antiphlogistic activity, even while using minimal doses of the drugs, show evident therapeutic effects.