MODIC CHANGES IN LUMBAR SPINE WITH DIAGNOSTIC LUMBAR FACET MEDIAL BRANCH BLOCKS
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M959- Acquired deformity of musculoskeletal system, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/10/021785
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 75
ASA Grade 1 and 2 patients.
Patients of both sexes.
Age between 25 years to 75 years.
Patients suffering from chronic non specific low back pain for at least 3 months of duration.
Pain radiating to the limbs(sciatica).
Patients having active mental dysfunction/neurological abnormalities or cognitive deficiency.
History of Allergy to local anaesthetic agent.
Patients with Coagulapathies or prolonged bleeding time.
Morbid Obesity.
Ongoing Septiceamia as demonstrated by elevated WBCs or infection overlying the area.
History of drug abuse,previous lumbar spine surgery,pregnancy.
History of psychiatric problems,rheumatological disease,fibromyalgia.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method TO co-relate duration and degree of pain relief after controlled medial branch blocks with different grades of modic changes in lumbar spine in patients of chronic nonspecific low back pain.Timepoint: 1 year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To detect any complication or side effects as a result of procedure. <br/ ><br>Overall assessment of quality of lief of patients.Timepoint: 1 Year