Preliminary results of a randomized, equivalence trial of fluoroscopic caudal epidural injections in managing chronic low back pain: Part 2 - Disc herniation and radiculitis

Pain Physician

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 801-815

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,d   Singh, Vijay ^b   Cash, Kimberly A ^a   Pampati, Vidyasagar ^a   Damron, Kim S ^a   Boswell, Mark V ^c,e  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b Pain Diagnostics Associates   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudal epidural injections; Chronic low back pain; Disc herniation; Epidural steroids; Local anesthetic; Lower extremity pain; Radiculitis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; MIDAZOLAM; OPIATE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RADICULITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY; DRUG COMBINATION; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADICULOPATHY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADICULOPATHY; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64049090674     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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