Clinical effectiveness of single lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1126-1133

  Kaufmann, Timothy J ^a   Geske, Jennifer R ^a   Murthy, Naveen S ^a   Thielen, Kent R ^a   Morris, Jonathan M ^a   Wald, John T ^a   Diehn, Felix E ^a   Amrami, Kimberly K ^a   Carter, Rickey E ^a   Shelerud, Randy A ^a   Gay, Ralph E ^a   Maus, Timothy P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Epidural; Lumbar; Pain; Radicular; Spine; Steroid

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; LIDOCAINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULAR PAIN; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; AGED; BACK; BACK PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882700472     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12122     Document Type: Article

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