[Treatment of lumbar disk herniation with depot cortisone intrathecally and peridurally (author's transl)]

During an operation for lumbar disk herniation, 160 patients were injected - intrathecally and peridurally, against the affected nerve root - one ampoule of Volon A40. The postoperative course was compared to that stated in 160 patients who had been operated in the same way without this medication. The irritation of the spinal root effected by the disk prolapse and the manipulation during the operation was immediately influenced in a favourable manner by Volon A40. The patients had no more complaints from the first postoperative day on. Mobilization of the patient could be started about three to four days earlier. During recurrency operations, the root did not show any adhesions. Prevention of postoperative cicatrization around the root appears to be an essential condition for a permanent state without complaints. The percutaneous intrathecal and peridural application of Volon A40 has proved to be efficacious in cases of lumbar root irritation, which can neither be treated surgically nor be influenced by a physical therapy.