Therapeutic Effect of Nerve Root Infiltration for Lumbar Disc Herniation.

The purpose of this paper was to describe the therapeutic effect of nerve root infiltration for lumbar disc herniation. 108 patients diagnosed as lumbar disc herniation, who underwent nerve root infiltration, were divided into two groups, conservative and operative groups.The results were as follows.1) We can expect the good therapeutic effect of nerve root infiltration for older patients who are slightly possitive in SLR test.2) We can predict the therapeutic effect at the time of 24 hours after the 1st nerve root infiltratioln.