Efficacy of epidural injections in managing chronic spinal pain: A best evidence synthesis

Pain Physician

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages E939-E1004

  Kaye, Alan D ^a   Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^b,c   Abdi, Salahadin ^d   Atluri, Sairam ^e   Bakshi, Sanjay ^f   Benyamin, Ramsin ^g,h   Boswell, Mark V ^c   Buenaventura, Ricardo ^i,j   Candido, Kenneth D ^k   Cordner, Harold J ^l   Datta, Sukdeb ^m   Doulatram, Gulshan ⁿ   Gharibo, Christopher G ^o   Grami, Vahid ^p   Gupta, Sanjeeva ^q   Jha, Sachin ^r   Kaplan, Eugene D ^s   Malla, Yogesh ^b   Mann, Dharam P ^t   Nampiaparampil, Devi E ^u   Racz, Gabor ^v   Raj, Prithvi ^v   Rana, Maunak V ^w   Sharma, Manohar Lal ^x   Singh, Vijay ^y   Soin, Amol ^z   Staats, Peter S ^aa,ab   Vallejo, Ricardo ^g,ac   Wargo, Bradley W ^ad   Hirsch, Joshua A ^ae   more..

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e Tri State Spine Care Institute   (United States)

^f Manhattan Spine and Pain Medicine   (United States)

^g MILLENNIUM PAIN CENTER   (United States)

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

ⁱ Pain Relief of Dayton   (United States)

^j WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^l Florida Pain Management Associates   (United States)

^m MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^o NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^p GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^q BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^r RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^s Kaplan Headache and Facial Pain Center   (United States)

^t Garden State Pain Management   (United States)

^u NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^v TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^x WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^y Spine Pain Diagnostics Associates   (United States)

^z Ohio Pain Clinic   (United States)

^aa Premier Pain Centers   (United States)

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

^ac ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ad Mary Greeley Medical Center   (United States)

^ae MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Caudal epidural injections; Chronic pain; Epidural injections; Interlaminar epidural injections; Local anesthetic; Spinal pain; Steroids; Transforaminal epidural injections

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDURAL SPACE; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERLAMINAR CLAMP; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SPINAL PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; PROCEDURES; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CHRONIC PAIN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84947931554     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: 21501149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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