COMPARISON OF TFESI WITH PRF NEURO MODULATION IN PATIENTS WITH LOWER BACK PAIN.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/10/046533
- Lead Sponsor
- DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIA
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Solitary disc bulge .
-Low back pain with radiculopathy .
-Patients with neuropathic symptoms like paraesthesia, numbness.
-Average pain score >4 on 10 point NRS scale without bladder or bowel involvement .
Exclusion Criteria
Infection at the site of injection.
Contra-indications to steroids.
Hypersensitivity to radiographic contrast agent.
Presence of b/l radiating leg pain.
Evidence of motor or sensory deficit secondary to disc bulge.
Presence of anatomical deformity of spine and severe psychiatric illness.
Past history of Spine surgery, implant insertion , diabetes mellitus, multiple sclerosis,
cardiac pacemaker .
Presence of back pain due to malignancy.
Coagulopathies and/ or on anticoagulants.
Pregnant females.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method umerical Rating Scale (NRS ) for pain assessmenTimepoint: Numerical Rating Scale (NRS ) for pain assessmen
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) <br/ ><br>2.Incidence of side effects due to procedure. <br/ ><br>3.Time for 1st rescue analgesia.Timepoint: 1.Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) <br/ ><br>2.Incidence of side effects due to procedure. <br/ ><br>3.Time for 1st rescue analgesia.