Current challenges in diagnosis of lumbar radiculopathy

• 作者: Chih-Cheng Chen Jiann-Her Lin
• 来源期刊: 世界麻醉学杂志
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Magnetic resonance imaging NERVE root PAIN LUMBAR RADICULOPATHY LATERAL STENOSIS
• 年，卷（期）: 2018,（3）
• 页码范围: 20-23
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: R

摘要

Lumbar radiculopathy(LR)is a term used to describe a pain syndrome caused by compression or irritation of nerve roots in the lower back.The surgery cost for LR increased by 23%annually during 1992-2003 in the developed country.Although it is one of most common complaints in clinical practice,the diagnosis for LR is still very challenging.Here we discuss the current tools of LR diagnosis and highlight the needs to develop new diagnosis tools for LR.