Clinical efficacy of intervertebral foramen nerver blocks and lytic acupotomy in intervertebral outside foramen on lumbar intervertebral disk herniation

Objective To observe the clinical effects of the nerve block in intervertehral fora- men combined with lytic acupotomy in intervertebral outside foramen for the treatment of lumbar in- tervertebral disc herniation.Methods Two hundred patients with lumbar intervertebral disk hernia- tion were randomly divided into observe group and controll group.In observe group,patients were treated with nerve block in intervertebral foramen and lyric acupotomy in intervertebral outside fora- men.In the control group,patients were treated by nerve block in intervertebral foramen.The clini- cal effects were observed after 1 month,3 months and 6 months.Results The excellent and good rates after 1 months in observe group(92.2%,95/103 cases)were obviously much better than that in control groups(81.4%,79/97 cases)(P0.05).The effective rates after 3 months and 6 months in observe group(92.2%,94/102 cases;90.2%,92/102 cases)were obviously better than that in control groups respectively(78.4%,76/97 cases;76.3%,74/97 cases)(P0.01). Conclusion Nerve block in intervertebral foramen and intervertebral outside foramen with lytic acu- potomy for the treatment of lumbar intervertebral disk herniation is obviously effective and safe than the nerve block only.