Lumbosacral radiculopathic pain presenting as groin and scrotal pain: pain management with twitch-obtaining intramuscular stimulation. A case report and review of literature.
ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 2001;
41:315-8. [PMID:
11572193]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Chronic groin and scrotal pain is a common entity plaguing a significant population of young athletic individuals. Aside from urologic and visceral etiologies, there is a vast array of underlying musculoskeletal and spinal abnormalities that may be found in these individuals.
FINDINGS
Presented is a patient found to have chronic, spine-related groin and scrotal pain diagnosed with lower lumbar discogenic disease by physical examination findings, imaging studies and multi-level chronic radiculopathy by electrodiagnostic studies who was treated with twitch-obtaining intramuscular stimulation (TOIMS). Symptoms of groin and scrotal pain abated with therapy.
CONCLUSION
Twitch-obtaining intramuscular stimulation has a promising role in the treatment of groin and scrotal pain of radiculopathic origin.
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