Transforaminal hypertonic saline for the treatment of lumbar lateral canal stenosis: A double-blinded, randomized, active-control trial

Pain Physician

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 197-211

  Koh, Won Uk ^a   Choi, Seong Soo ^a   Park, Seung Yong ^a   Joo, Eun Young ^a   Kim, Sung Hoon ^a   Lee, Jae Do ^b   Shin, Jae Young ^c   Suh, Jeong Hun ^a   Leem, Jeong Gil ^a   Shin, Jin Woo ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Veterans Health Service Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c St George's School   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Epidural steroid injections; Hypertonic saline; Lateral canal; Local anesthetic; Lumbar radiculopathy; Spinal stenosis; Transforaminal

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADICULOPATHY; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SPINAL STENOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 84878259418     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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