Caudal vs Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections as Short-Term (6 Months) Pain Relief in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients with Sciatica

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 379-385

  Ploumis, Avraam ^a,b,c   Christodoulou, Pavlos ^b   Wood, Kirkham B ^c   Varvarousis, Dimitrios ^a   Sarni, James L ^c   Beris, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b 424 General Army Hospital   (Greece)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudal; Injections; Stenosis; Transforaminal

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; SCIATICA; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CAUDAL; INJECTIONS; STENOSIS; TRANSFORAMINAL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATICA; SPINAL STENOSIS; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895561140     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12318     Document Type: Article

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