Health Condition 1: M259- Joint disorder, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Transforaminal epidural injection of methylprednisolone: Under fluoroscopy guidance transforaminal epidural injection of the 40 mg methylprednisolone with 0.2% ropivacaine 2 ml through
Sponsors
All India India Institute Of Medical SciencePatna
Ajeet Kumar
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.All patients presented to our pain clinic OPD with low back neuropathic pain radiating to leg and foot 2.NRS score >3 3.Duration of pain > 3 month 4.All Patients of 18â??70 years age group 5.Lumbar disc protrusion at one or two segmental levels only on MRI 6.Positive straight leg raise (SLR) or Lasègueâ??s test at 30 â?? 70 degrees
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Bilateral involvement of pain 2.More than two nerve root involvement 3.Spinal canal stenosis 4.History of spine surgery & trauma 5.MRI of spine showing pathology other than nerve root involvement and complete disc herniation 6.No cardiovascular comorbidities, any neurological deficits and vertebral deformities
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To improvement in NRS scale after 3 monthsTimepoint: 3 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To improvement in NRS scale at 1 week and 1month 2. To improvement in Oswestry disability index (ODI) at 1 week,1 month and 3 months 3.Number of Patient need second injection after 3 month Timepoint: 1 week, 1 month ,3 month | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactSarfaraz Ahmad
AIIMS, Patna
Outcome results
None listed