Efficacy and tolerance of systemic steroids in sciatica: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Rheumatology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1603-1611

  Roncoroni, Cécile ^a   Baillet, Athan ^b   Durand, Marjorie ^a,b   Gaudin, Philippe ^b   Juvin, Robert ^b  

^a HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^b CHU Sud   (France)

Author keywords

Herniated disc; Sciatica; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TRAMADOL;

ARTICLE; BED REST; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; ISCHIALGIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; PREDNISOLONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCIATICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051935489     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker151     Document Type: Article

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