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pISSN 2005-9159
eISSN 2093-0569
eISSN 2093-0569
Korean J Pain 2013; 26(2): 199-202
Published online April 3, 2013 https://doi.org/10.3344/kjp.2013.26.2.199
Copyright © The Korean Pain Society.
Keon Jung Yoon, MD*, Eun Ha Lee, MD, Su Hwa Kim, MD, and Mi Sun Noh, MD
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
Correspondence to: Keon Jung Yoon, MD. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, 64 Daeheung-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon 301-723, Korea. Tel: +82-42-220-9046, Fax: +82-42-220-9114, kjypeak@hanmail.net
Received: December 10, 2012; Revised: December 26, 2012; Accepted: January 2, 2013
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Epiduroscopic laser discectomy and neural decompression (ELND) is known as an effective treatment for intractable lumbar pain and radiating pain which develop after lumbar surgery, as well as for herniation of the intervertebral disk and spinal stenosis. However, various complications occur due to the invasiveness of this procedure and epidural adhesion, and rarely, cranial nerve damage can occur due to increased intracranial pressure. Here, the authors report case in which double vision occurred after epiduroscopic laser discectomy and neural decompression in a patient with failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS).
Keywords: epiduroscopic laser discectomy, failed back surgery syndrome, trochlear nerve palsy
