TO COMPARE COMBINED PULSED RADIO FREQUENCY WITH TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL STEROID VERSUS TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL STEROID ALONE FOR CHRONIC BACK PAI
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M472- Other spondylosis with radiculopathy
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/01/049343
- Lead Sponsor
- JSSAHER
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
• Low back pain with radiculopathy for more than 3 months
• Pain refractory to conservative treatment
• MRI evidence involving up to 2 lumbar levels
• NRS > 4
Exclusion Criteria
contraindication to neuraxial injection
• History of predominant back pain over leg pain
• Uncontrolled medical illnesses
• Patients with coagulopathy and/or on anticoagulants
• Infection at the site of injection
• Hypersensitivity to LA and/or the radiographic contrast agent
• Presence of anatomical deformity of the spine
• Presence of cancer as a cause of back pain
• History of previous back surgery or implant insertion
• Signs of bilateral radiculopathy
• Evidence of significant motor deficit
• Pregnancy or lactating women
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method