A study to compare the efficacy of two different routes of injections in reducing back pain due to slipped disc.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/01/049149
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Kevin Jose
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Suffering from single level L4-L5/L5-S1 with unilateral leg pain
Taken adequate conservative treatment for 6 weeks
VAS more than 6
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus
Bleeding disorders
Local infection at injection site
Instability at lumbo-sacral region
Evidence of underlying spinal infection
Pregnant women
Exclusive breast - feeding mothers
Patients who are allergic to local anesthestics,antibiotics or radiographic dye
Multilevel herniations
Bilateral radicular pain
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the efficacy of Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections and selective nerve root block in managing pain in patients with lumbar disc herniationsTimepoint: 3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Decreased need for definitive surgical managementTimepoint: 3 months