Comparing steroidal injection in epidural space and Radio Frequency Ablation of DRG in the treatment of low back pai
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M511- Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1. Patients of either gender with age group of 18 â?? 65 years with primary complaints of chronic low back ache with unilateral monosegmental radiating pain for minimum duration of 3 months, with no response to conservative treatment.
2. ASA 1 & 2 patients
3. Patients with no intervention done in the past 3 months with VAS score of > 4.
4. MRI scan findings showing intervertebral disc pathology compatible with pain symptoms.
1. Patients not willing to participate in study
2. Allergy to injecting agents
3. Patients who have received interventions for LSR pain within 3 months
4. Patients with bleeding diathesis and altered coagulation profile
5. Spinal stenosis or degenerative spondylolisthesis or spinal instability
6. Infection and Tumours in involved spinal segment
7. Pregnant women
8. Patients with H/O spine surgeries
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Proportion of patient achieving effective pain relief ( pain relief of equal to or more than 50%) at 3 months in each group.Timepoint: 3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Effectiveness of the procedures will be evaluated by Verbal numerical Rating Score (VNRS), DN4 questionnaire, Modified Oswestry Disability Score (MODQ), WHOQOL â?? BREF questionnaire, Hospital Anxiety And Depression Scale (HADS), Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS)Timepoint: Baseline, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks.