A study to determine the efficacy of radiofrequency ablation (a method of management for long-standing low back pain).
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Adult patients with a history of segmental low back pain of more than 3 months duration, refractory to conventional physiotherpy and analgesics with predominant leg pain over back pain.
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2016/02/006666
- Lead Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 50
•History of segmental low back pain of lumbar or sacral origin with radiation to legs below knee of more than 3 months duration, refractory to conventional physiotherpy and analgesics.
•History of predominant leg pain over back pain.
•Pain involving up to two lumbar levels.
•Average pain score of >=5 on a 11-point NRS.
•Computed tomography/Magnetic resonance imaging evidence of nerve root pain concordant with the side and level of clinical features.
•Informed consent.
•No significant compression of dural sac or nerve root.
•Patient refusal to participate.
•Coagulopathy and/or patients on anticoagulants.
•Infection at the site of injection.
•Hypersensitivity to local anesthetic and/or radiographic contrast agent.
•Evidence of significant sensory or motor deficit.
•Presence of anatomical deformity of spine e.g. scoliosis, kyphosis etc.
•Evidence of severe psychiatric illness.
•Presence of cancer as a cause of back pain.
•Inability to communicate in Hindi/English.
•History of previous back surgery or implant insertion.
•Presence of diabetes mellitus, multiple sclerosis, cardiac pacemaker, pregnancy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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