Thoracic interlaminar epidural injections in managing chronic thoracic pain: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial with a 2-year follow-up

Pain Physician

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,b,d   Cash, Kimberly A ^a   McManus, Carla D ^a   Pampati, Vidyasagar ^a   Benyamin, Ramsin M ^c,e  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c MILLENNIUM PAIN CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest wall pain; Chronic thoracic pain; Disc herniation; Discogenic pain; Local anesthetic; Radiculitis; Steroids; Thoracic interlaminar epidural injections

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RADICULITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG COMBINATION; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; STEROIDS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84901249134     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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