The noninferiority of the nonparticulate steroid dexamethasone vs the particulate steroids betamethasone and triamcinolone in lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1650-1657

  El Yahchouchi, Christine ^a   Geske, Jennifer R ^b   Carter, Rickey E ^b   Diehn, Felix E ^b   Wald, John T ^b   Murthy, Naveen S ^b   Kaufmann, Timothy J ^b   Thielen, Kent R ^b   Morris, Jonathan M ^b   Amrami, Kimberly K ^b   Maus, Timothy P ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural; Lower Limb Pain; Lumbar; Radiculopathy; Steroids

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE ACETATE PLUS BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NULL HYPOTHESIS; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULAR PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EPIDURAL; LOWER LIMB PAIN; LUMBAR; RADICULOPATHY; STEROIDS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 84887826714     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12214     Document Type: Article

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