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以下内容转自丁香园:
本帖要介绍的是2007年发表在BMJ上的经典文献,BMJ 这个杂志无须多说,虽然不比NEJM牛叉,但也足够权威了。
文中最为重要的内容是,提到了腰椎间盘突出症诊断与治疗的临床指南。翻译过来和大家共享:
BMJ 2007;334:1313-1317 (23 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.39223.428495.BE
Clinical Review
Diagnosis and treatment of sciatica
B W Koes, professor1, M W van Tulder, professor of health technology assessment2, W C Peul, neurosurgeon3
1 Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, Netherlands , 2 EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands , 3 Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Correspondence to: B W Koes b.koes@erasmusmc.nl
BMJ 2007;334:1313-1317 (23 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.39223.428495.BE
Clinical Review
Diagnosis and treatment of sciatica
坐骨神经痛的诊断与治疗
译者注:在英文中似乎并没有腰椎间盘突出症这个名词,而“sciatica”(坐骨神经痛)和“lumbar disk herniation”(腰椎间盘突出)这两个词在有关文献中出现频率很高,很多语境中大概类似于中文的“腰椎间盘突出症”。
Sciatica affects many people. The most important symptoms are radiating leg pain and related disabilities. Patients are commonly treated in primary care but a small proportion is referred to secondary care and may eventually have surgery. Many synonyms for sciatica appear in the literature, such as lumbosacral radicular syndrome, ischias, nerve root pain, and nerve root entrapment.
坐骨神经痛在临床上很常见,其最主要的症状是小腿的放射性疼痛和相关的功能障碍。这些患者通常在初级医疗中心接受治疗,但也有少部分需转诊到二级医疗中心,最终甚至可能需进行手术治疗。在文献中坐骨神经痛有很多同义词,如腰骶神经根综合征、坐骨痛、神经根性疼痛、神经根卡压等。
Summary points
Most patients with acute sciatica have a favourable prognosis but about 20%-30% have persisting problems after one or two years
The diagnosis is based on history taking and physical examination
Imaging is indicated only in patients with "red flag" conditions or in whom disc surgery is considered
Passive (bed rest) treatments have been replaced with more active treatments
Consensus is that initial treatment is conservative for about 6-8 weeks
Disc surgery may provide quicker relief of leg pain than conservative care but no clear differences have been found after one or two years
要点概述
大多数急性坐骨神经痛的患者预后良好,但大约20%-30%的患者1或2年后会残留持续性的问题
主要根据病史和体格检查来确定诊断
影像学检查的指征仅限于患者存在“红旗征”或考虑进行椎间盘手术的情况
休息(卧床)治疗已被更为积极的治疗方法所替代
较为统一的意见是初期处理应先进行大约6-8周的保守治疗
椎间盘手术相比保守治疗,可使腿痛的缓解更快,但1或2年后,并没有发现明显的差异。
In about 90% of cases sciatica is caused by a herniated disc with nerve root compression, but lumbar stenoses and (less often) tumours are possible causes. The diagnosis of sciatica and its management varies considerably within and between countries—for example, the surgery rates for lumbar discectomy vary widely between countries.w1 A recent publication confirmed this large variation in disc surgery, even within countries.1 This may in part be caused by a paucity of evidence on the value of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions and a lack of clear clinical guidelines or reflect differences in healthcare and insurance systems. This review presents the current state of science for the diagnosis and treatment of sciatica.
大约90%的患者其坐骨神经痛是由于椎间盘突出压迫神经根所致,而腰椎管狭窄和肿瘤(少见)也是其可能的原因。在同一个国家以及不同的国家之间,坐骨神经痛的诊断和治疗差异相当大。比如,腰椎间盘切除书的手术率在各个国家之间的差别就很大[w1],最近发表的一项研究证实,椎间盘手术即使在同一个国家,也存在着巨大的差异[1]。这也使得评价诊断和治疗方法的依据相对匮乏,也没有明确的临床指南,并且也使得医疗保健和保险系统也存在很大的差异。本文旨在对当前坐骨神经痛诊断和治疗的现状做一综述。
Sources and selection criteria
We identified systematic reviews in the Cochrane Library evaluating the effectiveness of conservative and surgical interventions for sciatica. Medline searches up to December 2006 were carried out to find other relevant systematic reviews on the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain. Keywords were sciatica, hernia nuclei pulposi, ischias, nerve root entrapment, systematic review, meta-analysis, diagnosis, and treatment. In addition we used our personal files for other references, including publications of recent randomised clinical trials. Finally we checked the availability of clinical guidelines.
文献的入选标准与来源
在Cochrane图书馆查找评价坐骨神经痛手术与保守治疗有效性的系统综述,检索Medline2006年12月之前的文献,找出其他有关腰痛诊断与治疗的系统综述。以坐骨神经痛、髓核突出、坐骨痛、神经根卡压、系统评价、meta分析、诊断和治疗为关键词。此外,应用我们的个人资料作为另外的参考,包括近年发表的随机性临床试验。最后我们还对临床指南的有效性进行了验证。
Who gets sciatica?
Exact data on the incidence and prevalence of sciatica are lacking. In general an estimated 5%-10% of patients with low back pain have sciatica, whereas the reported lifetime prevalence of low back pain ranges from 49% to 70%.w2 The annual prevalence of disc related sciatica in the general population is estimated at 2.2%.2 A few personal and occupational risk factors for sciatica have been reported (box 1), including age, height, mental stress, cigarette smoking, and exposure to vibration from vehicles.2 3w2 Evidence for an association between sciatica and sex or physical fitness is conflicting.2 3w2
哪些人容易患坐骨神经痛?
坐骨神经痛确切的发病率和患病率目前仍缺乏相关的数据。一般估计腰痛的患者中5%-10%患有坐骨神经痛,然而有报道称人的一生中患腰痛的比率占到49%至70%[w2]。据估计,普通人群中椎间盘相关的坐骨神经痛每年的患病率约为2.2%[2]。有研究发现了几项与坐骨神经痛相关的自身和职业风险因素(框1),包括年龄、身高、精神紧张、吸烟,以及经常坐车承受振动等[2, 3,w2],但没有足够的证据表明坐骨神经痛与性别或体质存在相关性[2, 3, w2]。
Box 1: Risk factors for acute sciatica3w2
Personal factors
Age (peak 45-64 years)
Increasing risk with height
Smoking
Mental stress
Occupational factors
Strenuous physical activity—for example, frequent lifting, especially while bending and twisting
Driving, including vibration of whole body
框 1:急性坐骨神经痛的风险因素[3, w2]
自身因素
年龄(高峰为45-64岁)
身高越高风险越大
吸烟
精神紧张
职业因素
重体力活动——比如频繁地抬举重物,尤其是屈曲扭转时
开车,包括使整个身体振动的工作
How is sciatica diagnosed?
Sciatica is mainly diagnosed by history taking and physical examination. By definition patients mention radiating pain in the leg. They may be asked to report the distribution of the pain and whether it radiates below the knee and drawings may be used to evaluate the distribution. Sciatica is characterised by radiating pain that follows a dermatomal pattern. Patients may also report sensory symptoms.
坐骨神经痛如何诊断?
坐骨神经痛主要通过病史和体格检查来明确诊断,明确患者所诉的下肢放射痛,要求其指出疼痛具体的分布区域,以及疼痛是否放射至膝以下,甚至可以通过描画来评价其具体的分布区域。坐骨神经痛的特征是有明确皮节区域的放射痛。有的患者还可能会有感觉障碍的相关症状。
Physical examination largely depends on neurological testing. The most applied investigation is the straight leg raising test or Lasègue's sign. Patients with sciatica may also have low back pain but this is usually less severe than the leg pain. The diagnostic value of history and physical examination has not been well studied.4 No history items or physical examination tests have both high sensitivity and high specificity. The pooled sensitivity of the straight leg raising test is estimated to be 91%, with a corresponding pooled specificity of 26%.5 The only test with a high specificity is the crossed straight leg raising test, with a pooled specificity of 88% but sensitivity of only 29%.5 Overall, if a patient reports the typical radiating pain in one leg combined with a positive result on one or more neurological tests indicating nerve root tension or neurological deficit the diagnosis of sciatica seems justified. Box 2 shows the signs and symptoms that help to distinguish between sciatica and non-specific low back pain.
体格检查则主要取决于神经病学试验,其中应用得最多的便是直腿抬高试验或称Lasègue征。有坐骨神经痛的患者也可能同时伴有腰痛,但通常不会比腿痛更严重。病史和体格检查的诊断价值并没有进行很好的研究[4],没有某一项病史或查体试验同时具备较高的敏感性和较高的特异性。据估计直腿抬高试验的累积敏感性为91%,同时其累积特异性为26%[5]。唯一一个具有较高特异性的试验是对侧直腿抬高试验,累积特异性为88%,但其敏感性仅为29%[5]。总的来说,如果患者诉一侧下肢有典型的放射痛,同时伴有一项或多项神经病学试验阳性,提示神经根张力较高或存在神经功能障碍,此时诊断坐骨神经痛则是较为合理的。框2所示为有助于辨别坐骨神经痛和非特异性腰痛的症状和体征。
Box 2: Indicators for sciaticaw5
Unilateral leg pain greater than low back pain
Pain radiating to foot or toes
Numbness and paraesthesia in the same distribution
Straight leg raising test induces more leg pain
Localised neurology—that is, limited to one nerve root
框2:坐骨神经痛的诊断标准
单侧腿痛大于腰痛
疼痛放射至足或足趾
同一区域存在麻木和感觉障碍
直腿抬高试验诱发更为严重的腿痛
局限性的神经病学改变——限于单一神经根
What is the value of imaging?
Diagnostic imaging is only useful if the results influence further management. In acute sciatica the diagnosis is based on history taking and physical examination and treatment is conservative (non-surgical). Imaging may be indicated at this stage only if there are indications or "red flags" that the sciatica may be caused by underlying disease (infections, malignancies) rather than disc herniation. |
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