Research Article
Evaluation of Treatment Patterns and Direct Costs Associated with the Management of Neuropathic Pain
Table 2
Diagnostic tests and therapeutic procedures used patients with neuropathic pain, Colombia.
| | Tests and procedures | Frequency | % |
| | Number of diagnostic images per patient | | | | 0 | 283 | 45.4 | | 1 | 215 | 34.5 | | 2 | 112 | 17.9 | | 3 | 14 | 2.2 |
| | Diagnostic images (more frequent) | | | | Lumbosacral radiography | 226 | 36.2 | | Lumbosacral MRI | 53 | 8.5 | | Spine MRI | 37 | 5.9 | | Cervical, thoracic, lumbar or sacrum segments CT scans | 35 | 5.6 | | Cervical radiography | 27 | 4.3 | | Dorso-lumbar radiography | 13 | 2.1 | | Cervical MRI | 12 | 1.9 | | Hip and coxofemoral joint radiography | 8 | 1.3 |
| | Other diagnostic tests | | | | Limb electromyography | 100 | 16.0 |
| | Invasive therapeutic procedures | | | | Number of patients with interventions | 71 | 11.4 | | Joint injection | 35 | 5.6 | | Nerve block (facet, medular, peripheral) | 15 | 2.5 | | Hemilaminectomy | 10 | 1.6 |
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MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; CT: computed tomography.
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