Health Condition 1: null- chronic low back ache
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION GIVEN TO PATIENTS OF CHRONIC LOW BACK ACHE: 80 mg TRIAMCINOLONE ALONG WITH 6ML OF 0.25% BUPIVACAINE WILL BE GIVEN AS EPIDURAL STEROID IN PATIENTS WITH LOW BAC
Sponsors
SRI GURU RAM DAS INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: PATIENTS WITH LOW BACK ACHE DUE TO DISC HERNIATION, ANNULAR TEAR, SPINAL STENOSIS.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. PAIN RELIEVED BY ORAL MEDICATION. 2. PATIENTS WHO DO NOT GIVE CONSENT FOR EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION AND WHO DONT AGREE TO GIVE BLOOD SAMPLES. 3. KNOWN HISTORY OF ALLERGY TO LOCAL ANESTHETIC PSYCHIATRIC HISTORY OR OTHER CONCOMITANT DISEASE WHICH MAY LEAD TO UNRELIABILITY. 4. PREGNANCY 5. CONTRAINDICATION TO EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA LIKE LOCAL INFECTION/ GENERALISED SEPTICEMIA/ PLATELET AND CLOTTING FACTOR ABNORMALITY, SIGNIFICANT NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE WITH MOTOR AND SENSORY DEFICIT, DIAGNOSED INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| CHANGES IN PLASMA CORTISOL AND ACTH LEVELS COMPARED TO BASELINETimepoint: CHANGES IN PLASMA CORTISOL AND ACTH LEVELS AT BASELINE, AND 2, 4, 12 WEEKS POST EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| CORRELATION OD PLASMA CORTISOL WITH PERCENTAGE IMPROVEMENTTimepoint: 2,4,12 WEEKS | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDR BHANUPREET KAUR
SRI GURU RAM DAS INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH
Outcome results
None listed