Epidural steroid injections compared with gabapentin for lumbosacral radicular pain: Multicenter randomized double blind comparative efficacy study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Cohen, Steven P ^a,b   Hanling, Steven ^c   Bicket, Mark C ^d   White, Ronald L ^e   Veizi, Elias ^f   Kurihara, Connie ^b   Zhao, Zirong ^g,h   Hayek, Salim ⁱ   Guthmiller, Kevin B ^j   Griffith, Scott R ^b   Gordin, Vitaly ^k   White, Mirinda Anderson ^a   Vorobeychik, Yakov ^k   Pasquina, Paul F ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Landstuhl Hospital   (Germany)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Department of Neurology District of Columbia VA Hospital   (United States)

^h GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

ⁱ CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; INJECTION SITE CONTUSION; INJECTION SITE INFECTION; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL RADICULAR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE SPASM; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTLESSNESS; RHINORRHEA; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SWELLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIVID DREAM; XEROSTOMIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADICULOPATHY;

ADULT; AMINES; ANALGESICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 84929494086     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1748     Document Type: Article

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