Efficacy of epidural perineural injections with autologous conditioned serum for lumbar radicular compression: An investigator-initiated, prospective, double-blind, reference-controlled study

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1803-1808

  Becker, Cordelia ^a   Heidersdorf, Stefan ^b   Drewlo, Sascha ^c   De Rodriguez, Sonja Zirke ^b   Krämer, Juergen ^b   Willburger, Roland Ernst ^d  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b Orthopaedic Clinic   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d St Elisabeth Hospital Bochum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autologous conditioned serum; Cytokine; Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist; Low back pain; Lumbar radicular compression; Orthokine; Oswestry Disability Index; Steroid injection; VAS

Indexed keywords

AUTOLOGOUS CONDITIONED SERUM; ORTHOKINE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJECTION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR RADICULAR COMPRESSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; TIME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST PROTEIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; SERUM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 34548462606     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181076514     Document Type: Article

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