腰椎间盘变性所致的坐骨神经痛,是由于突出的椎间盘直接压迫神经根的结果,但亦有证据认为,受影响的神经根内及其周围有炎症改变,这种炎症改变,在引起坐骨神经痛中,亦起重要作用。因此曾有人试图用局部抗炎方法,特别是用注射皮质激素来治疗坐骨神经痛。本文采用双盲法,评价硬膜外注射皮质激素对腰椎间盘变性所致的坐骨神经痛的治疗效果。 100例单侧坐骨神经痛的住院患者,均因腰椎间 Sciatica caused by degeneration of the lumbar disc is due to the direct compression of the nerve root by the prominent intervertebral disc, but there is also evidence that there is an inflammatory change in and around the affected nerve root. This inflammatory change, which causes sciatica , Also plays an important role. Therefore, some people have tried to use local anti-inflammatory methods, especially the injection of corticosteroids to treat sciatica. In this paper, double-blind method to evaluate the effect of epidural injection of corticosteroids on the treatment of sciatica due to lumbar disc degeneration. 100 cases of unilateral sciatica hospitalized patients, due to lumbar intervertebral