Comparison of voltage during pulsed radiofrequency of lumbar dorsal root ganglion in patient with lumbar radiculopathy
- Conditions
- Diseases of the musculo-skeletal system and connective tissue
- Registration Number
- KCT0005860
- Lead Sponsor
- Catholic Kwandong University International St.Mary's Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 56
age =20 years old
- pain intensity =4 out of 11 on the numerical rating scale (NRS)
- chronic LRP lasting =12 weeks
- previous failure of conservative management such as physiotherapy, exercise therapy, or analgesic medications - lumbar spinal stenosis was confirmed on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
All eligible patients received conventional diagnostic/therapeutic fluoroscopy-guided transforaminal epidural injection with local anesthetics and steroid before enrollment. Patients who demonstrated pain reduction (=2–points or at least 30% reduction in NRS score) for short duration =6 weeks following epidural injection were finally enrolled.
- patient refusal
- age <20 years
- unbearable pain >9–points on NRS, pain <4–points on NRS
- acute pain of onset lasting <12 weeks
- signs of progressive motor weakness or neurologic deficits
- allergies to steroids or contrast dyes
- coagulopathy
- epidural steroid injection within the previous 12 weeks
- systemic infection, injection site infection
- malignancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method number of successful responders to treatment in each group at the 6-month follow-up period. Successful response was defined as: 1) =50% or 4-point reduction in the NRS pain intensity (or) 2) 10-point decrease in ODI, or mean score =6 points on the GPE scale
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method RS pain intensity and ODI at 1, 3, and 6 months post-procedure