None listed
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Asan Medical Center
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients who visited pain clinic complained of lumbar radicular pain with or without lower back pain and the patients who agree to participating in this study. 2. Adults patients over 20 years old. 3. The patients with chronic (at least 3 months) lumbar radicular pain with or without lower back pain 4. The history, clinical symptoms, lumbar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, and epidurogram revealed that filling defect was consistent with lesion. 5. Refractory to conservative treatment (above 3 months) 6. Patients who did not have pain relief for more than 1 month after epidural steroid injection or transforaminal epidural steroid injection as 1st line treatment. 7. Patients who have voluntarily agreed in writing to participate in this study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. The patient does not agree to participate in the study 2. Pregnant or lactating patients 3. Side effects on topical anesthetics or steroids 4. unbearable pain, NRS 10 5. Red flag sign such as infection, cancer, neurologic deficit, and newly developed severe medical problem. 6. Yellow flag (depression, anxiety, somatization, hypochondriasis, sue, claims) 7. Uncontrolled medical condition
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Numerical Rating scale;Os-Westry functional scale;7-ponit scale global perceived effect of satisfaction | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| medication quantification scale III (MQS) | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Public ContactJun Young Park
Asan Medical Center
Outcome results
None listed