Diagnostic Ultrasound Guided nerve block in low back pain to rule out facet joint etiology as a cause and its validation by fluoroscopy

Diagnostic Ultrasound Guided Lumbar Medial Branch Block of Dorsal Ramus in Facet Joint Arthropathy: Technical Feasibility and Validation by Fluoroscopy

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2Phase 3

Study type

Observational

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2017/11/010484

Enrollment

Registered

2017-11-14

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- Suspected Lumbar facet joint arthropathy

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Persistent lower back pain after atleast 3 months of appropriate medical treatment Clinically proven facet joint arthropathy NRS >5

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patient refusal Known allergy to local anaesthetics or contrast dye History of coagulopathy and anticoagulant intake History of psychiatric illness Anatomic deformity Pain extending below the knee joint Leg pain >back pain Any permanent neurological deficit Any radiologically proven cause of low back pain i.e. pottâ??s spine , metastasis. BMI > 30 kg/m2

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Needle position after USG insertion in fluroscopic PA, oblique and lateral views. Number of needle insertionsTimepoint: Baseline, just before, just after and 24 hour later	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
more than 80 percent reduction in NRS and improvement in MODQ at respective time intervalsTimepoint: Baseline, just before, just after and 24 hour later	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Lipika Soni

Professor at AIIMS, Delhi

dr_vkmohan@yahoo.com9891557705

Outcome results