COMPARISION OF COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION AND INTRARTICULAR LOCAL ANAESTHETIC WITH STEROIDS FOR CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN DUE TO SI JOINT ARTHROPATHY : A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

ESI INSTITUTE OF PAIN MANAGEMENT0 个研究点目标入组 0 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2022年10月17日

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•1. Chronic LBP of 3 monthsÃ¢â?¬• duration or longer
•2. Absence of focal neurologic signs or symptoms, and at least 50% pain relief in numeric rating scale (NRS) following 1 fluoroscopically guided SI joint diagnostic block using 2 mL of local anaesthetic lignocaine 2%.
•3. Patient aged between 20-60 years
•4. Patient taking anti neuropathic medicine more than 6 weeks
•5. Pain NRS Ã¢â?°Â¥5
•6. SI joint diagnostic block confirmed patients

•1. Patients not giving consent
•2. Patients with a known, specific cause of LBP (e.g., spondylolisthesis or significant spinal stenosis), untreated coagulopathy, and concomitant comorbidity or psychiatric illness likelyto endanger the patient or compromise treatment outcomes.
•3. Patients with severe fibromyalgia, cauda equina syndrome, severe paresis, severe acute pain.
•4. History of spinal infection or surgery, deformity, pregnancy, lactation, severe trauma or fracture
•5. On-going treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
•6. Body mass index of more than 30

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ESI INSTITUTE OF PAIN MANAGEMENT