Is there a role for benzodiazepines in the management of lumbar disc prolapse with acute sciatica?

Pain

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 470-475

  Brötz, Doris ^a   Maschke, Evelin ^a   Burkard, Susanne ^a   Engel, Corinna ^a   Mänz, Constantin ^a   Ernemann, Ulrike ^a   Wick, Wolfgang ^a,b   Weller, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Centralization; Diazepam; Lumbar disc prolapse; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 77952108098     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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