Effectiveness of parasagittal interlaminar epidural local anesthetic with or without steroid in chronic lumbosacral pain: A randomized, double-blind clinical trial

Pain Physician

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 237-248

  Ghai, Babita ^a   Kumar, Kushal ^a   Bansal, Dipika ^b   Dhatt, Saravdeep S ^a   Kanukula, Raju ^b   Batra, Yatindra K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Chronic lumbosacral pain; Epidural injection; Epidural steroid; Parasagittal interlaminar

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ATROPINE; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; OPIATE; PREGABALIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERINEURAL SPREAD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VENTRAL EPIDURAL SPREAD; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; FOLLOW UP; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIDOCAINE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929469508     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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