A pilot study of the dose-response of caudal methylprednisolone with levobupivacaine in chronic lower back pain

Anaesthesia

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 595-603

  McCahon, R A ^a   Ravenscroft, A ^b   Hodgkinson, V ^b   Evley, R ^c   Hardman, J ^c  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BUPIVACAINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 79959673033     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06764.x     Document Type: Article

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