A multicentre randomized controlled trial of epidural corticosteroid injections for sciatica: The WEST study

Rheumatology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1399-1406

  Arden, Nigel K ^a,b,e   Price, Cathy ^b,e   Reading, Isabel ^a,e   Stubbing, John ^b,e   Hazelgrove, J ^b   Dunne, Ciaran ^c,e   Michel, Maher ^c,e   Rogers, Pete ^d,e   Cooper, Cyrus ^a,b,e   Ellis, Richard ^e   Sampson, Madeline ^e   Arden, Lizzie ^e   Thomas, Lynn ^e   Sell, Angie ^e   Ledingham, Jo ^e   Thompson, Paul ^e   Sawyer, Sally ^e   Jarvis, Lional ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Royal Haslar Hospital ^*

^f Royal Haslar Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Epidural injection; Pain; Sciatica; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27744589586     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kei028     Document Type: Article

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