Health Condition 1: null- chronic low back pain with radicular pain showing than 50 on VAS
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Lignocaine Injection group (group L): Epidural injection of 10 ml of 0.5% lignocaine through parasaggital approach
Control Intervention1: Ligocaine and steroid injection group (group LS
Sponsors
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: chronic low back pain with 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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain relief of 50% as assessed by VASTimepoint: At 3 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| pain relief using VAS, functional assessment using modified ODQ ,treatment emergent adverse drug reactions Timepoint: 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
Outcome results
None listed