This section includes video clips and information about some of the available Investigation and Treatment Options for Sciatica or Radicular Pain. The following diagram provides information about the differences between radicular (sciatica) and somatic referred back pain. Further information explaining the background of low back and leg pain is also available.
A 47 year old man with disc bulging adjacent to the L5 nerve root causing significant right leg ‘sciatica’ referred pain is treated with an L5 transforaminal epidural steroid injection, under live x-ray imaging. .
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A DISC Nucleoplasty (percutaneous disc decompression) for complex back and leg pain is presented in a 54 year old man with longstanding back and right leg pain.
This video demonstrates the procedure being performed on a L3/4 disc.
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This video highlights a DISC Nucleoplasty or Percutaneous disc decompression. This example demonstrates the procedure being performed on a L5/S1 disc in a 21 year old man with a 5 year history of low back pain without any obvious precipitating event.
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