Efficacy of steroid and nonsteroid caudal epidural injections for low back pain and sciatica: A prospective, randomized, double-blind clinical trial

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1441-1447

  Sayegh, Fares E ^a   Kenanidis, Eustathios I ^a,b   Papavasiliou, Kyriakos A ^a   Potoupnis, Michael E ^a   Kirkos, John M ^a   Kapetanos, George A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Caudal epidural injection; Caudal extradural injection; Low back pain; Randomized double blind study; Sciatica; Steroids

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPINE FUSION; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCIATICA; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651155981     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181a4804a     Document Type: Article

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