Comparison of two doses of corticosteroid in epidural steroid injection for lumbar radicular pain

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241-245

  Salimzadeh, A ^b   Alishiri, Gh ^c   Haghighi, A ^d   Owlia, Mohammad Bagher ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidural injection; Glucocorticoid; Herniated disc; Radicular pain; Steroid injection

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RADICULAR PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RADICULOPATHY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 33947526731     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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