YANG Xiaoqiu, et al. The clinical analysis of patient controlled epidural analgesia for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation[J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University, 2007,(11):1196-1199.
YANG Xiaoqiu, et al. The clinical analysis of patient controlled epidural analgesia for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation[J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University, 2007,(11):1196-1199.DOI:
Objective:To evaluate the curative effects of patient controlled epidural analgesia(PCEA)for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation.Methods:Lumbar disc herniation cases(n=98)were divided into two groups.The epidural drugs injection group(DEDI group
n=54)underwent the epidural drugs injection 4 times as one treatment course.The patient controlled epidural analgesia group(PCEA group
n=44)underwent the same treatment
but the first epidural drugs injection was followed by PCEA for 7 days.Evaluate the curative effects and the side effects.Results:VAS scores in both groups decreased significantly on the eighth day and at the end of the treatment
being 4.41±0.62 and 1.30±0.77 in the PCEA group and 5.09±0.88 and 1.65±0.97 in the DEDI group(P<0.01).On the eighth day
the curative satisfactory rate was 77.3% in the PCEA group
much better than 55.6% in the DEDI group(P<0.01).At the end of the treatment
the curative satisfactory rate in the PCEA group was 88.6%
higher than 81.5% in the DEDI group(P>0.05).No significant side effect was found during the treatment.Conclusion:PCEA is an effective method of lumbar disc herniation
and it relieves the symptoms and signs more quickly in the early treatment compared with the DEDI.