Effect of sugar injection on breakdown of stuck nerves after surgery of lower back
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/04/065591
- Lead Sponsor
- AIIMS, New Delhi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Low back with radicular pain more than 6 months with pain of 6 or more on 11 point NRS scale
2. Radicular pain present post lumbar spine surgery evident by MRI imaging and clinical examination
3. Failure to respond to conservative therapy and fluoroscopic guided epidural injections
4. Filling defects observed on contrast injection during previous epidural steroid injections
Exclusion Criteria
1. Pain due to facet joint, sacroiliac joint or myofascial pain
2. Sequestered disc
3. Foraminal stenosis
4. Allergy to contrast or local anesthetics
5. Pregnant patients
6. Bleeding or coagulation disorders
7. Uncontrolled systemic disorders
8. Opioid addiction of psychiatric disorders
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method RS for pain (on scale of 0-10)Timepoint: Preprocedure <br/ ><br>15 days, 1, 3 and 6 months post procedure
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Oswestry Disability Index scoreTimepoint: Preprocedure <br/ ><br>15 days, 1, 3 and 6 months post procedure;Reduction in medication usageTimepoint: Preprocedure <br/ ><br>15 days, 1, 3 and 6 months post procedure;Successful outcomeTimepoint: Preprocedure <br/ ><br>15 days, 1, 3 and 6 months post procedure