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Treatment of Wallenberg’s Syndrome Following Selective Nerve Root Block: A Case Report

  • Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation
  • Abbr : JKMR
  • 2016, 26(4), pp.107-115
  • Publisher : The Korean Academy Of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Korean Medicine

박서현 1 권정국 1 박재원 1 금동호 1

1동국대학교

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ABSTRACT

The occurrence of brain stem stroke after lumbar selective nerve root block seem to be an uncommon event comparing it to after cervical selective nerve root block. We recently ex-perienced a 60-year-old man who were diagnosed as left lateral medullary infarction (Wallenberg’s syndrome) after lumbar selective nerve root block. He was treated by tradi-tional Korean medicine with acupunture, Pulsed electromagetic therapy (PEMT), herb medicine. The range of motion of upper and lower extremity, manual muscle test, Korean version of Berg balance scale (K-BBS) and Korean version of Barthel index (K-MBI) were adopted to measure the resulting recovery after 4 weeks treatment. Traditional Korean medicine was effective for rehabilitation of patient. Further studies are needed to set up and Korean medical protocol for Wallenberg’s syndrome. (J Korean Med Rehabil 2016; 26(4):107-115)

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