Health Condition 1: null- chronic low back pain with radicular pain showing than 50 on VAS
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Fluoroscopic Guided lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection: Epidural injection of Methylprednisolone acetate, 1ml (40mg) mixed with 2ml of normal saline per course. Single inj
Sponsors
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: chronic low back painwith with unilateral lumbosacral radicular pain of at least one month having a pain score of >50%, as assessed by visual analog scale (VAS,0-100 points)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients were excluded if they had any clinically significant or unstable medical or psychiatric illnesses, history of previous surgery on the lumbar spine and spinal canal stenosis, unstable neurological deficits and cauda equine syndrome. Those who have received lumbar epidural steroids injections in the past, allergic to corticosteroids, taking anticoagulants or bleeding diathesis or altered coagulation, taking systematic corticosteroids, pregnant and lactating women patients or those being treated with any investigational drug within the last 30 days were excluded from the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| pain relief as assessed by VASTimepoint: 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 months post-intervention | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| functional assessment using modified ODQ ,treatment emergent adverse drug reactionsTimepoint: 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 months post-intervention | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Babita Ghai
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12,Chandigarh, India-160012
Outcome results
None listed