Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Single Shot Epidural Steroid Injection.: The study population includes all the PIVD patients who will be referred in pain opd from orthopedic and neurosurgery department during the
Sponsors
Dr.Anjali Panwar
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 18–80 years 2 .Lumbar/Lumbosacral radicular pain/or low back pain that have not responded to conservative treatments (pharmacotherapy and physical therapy) . 3. Symptomatic patients with MRI proven disc prolapse at different level. 4. Patients who would be available for follow up for minimum of 1 month. 5. Chronic low backache with radiculopathy. 6. Patients willing for steroid injection.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients not giving consent for the procedure. 2. Patients with neurological deficits. 3 .H/O Allergic reactions to local anaesthesia ,opiates ,contrast agents or steroids. 4.Patients with Extruded and sequestered discs. 5. Patients with associated listhesis, instability of the spine. 6.Any systemic infection or local infection at the injection site. 7.Coagulopathy and bleeding disorders. 8.Uncontrolled diabetes not on any medications
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To access pain using VAS Score in patients with PIVD after single shot epidural injection (ESI).Timepoint: Follow up of the patients to be done after 7 days postoperatively. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.To monitor haemodynamic parameters . 2 To observe for any side effects. Timepoint: Follow up of the patients to be done after 7 days postoperatively. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Geeta Bhandari
Government Medical College Haldwani
Outcome results
None listed