Periradicular infiltration for sciatica: A randomized controlled trial

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1059-1067

  Karppinen, Jaro ^a,b,c,d   Malmivaara, Antti ^a,b,c,d   Kurunlahti, Mauno ^a,b,c,d   Kyllönen, Eero ^a,b,c,d   Pienimäki, Tuomo ^a,b,c,d   Nieminen, Pentti ^a,b,c,d   Ohinmaa, Arto ^a,b,c,d   Tervonen, Osmo ^a,b,c,d   Vanharanta, Heikki ^a,b,c,d  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c Medical Informatics Group   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Low back pain; Nerve block; Randomized controlled trial; Sciatica th; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; SCIATICA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035339215     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200105010-00015     Document Type: Article

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