Nucleus pulposus-induced nerve root injury: effects of diclofenac and ketoprofen

European Spine Journal : Official Publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
M CornefjordB Rydevik

Abstract

Nucleus pulposus and/or chronic compression can induce spinal nerve root injury. Inflammation has been proposed as having major importance in the pathophysiologic mechanisms involved in the induction of such injuries. Corticosteroids, potent anti-inflammatory drugs, have been demonstrated to reduce nucleus pulposus-induced spinal nerve root injury. The aim of the present study was to assess the effects of two potent non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), diclofenac and ketoprofen, in experimental nucleus pulposus-induced spinal nerve root injury in a pig model. Eighteen pigs were included in the study. Autologous nucleus pulposus was harvested from a lumbar disc and applied locally around the first sacral nerve root after a partial laminectomy of the first and second sacral vertebrae. Six pigs were treated with daily intramuscular injections of diclofenac, 3 mg/kg body weight, for 7 days. Six other pigs were treated with daily intramuscular injections of ketoprofen, 4 mg/kg body weight, for 7 days. As controls, six pigs received injections with physiologic saline. After 7 days, the pigs were reanesthetized and the nerve conduction velocity over the exposed nerve root area was determined. The nerve conduction velocity w...Continue Reading

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