Is the outcome of caudal epidural injections affected by patient positioning?

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Makki, Daoud ^a   Nawabi, Danyal H ^a   Francis, Randhir ^a   Hamed, A Rami ^a   Hussein, Ahmed A ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caudal epidural injection; Patient position; Radicular leg pain

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUDAL EPIDURAL INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SUPINE POSITION; TISSUE ADHESION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; BODY POSTURE; DISABILITY; DRUG COMBINATION; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADICULOPATHY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BUPIVACAINE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; RADICULOPATHY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; PATIENT POSITIONING;

EID: 77954888135     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d41545     Document Type: Article

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