A study to compare the efficacy of steroid plus local anaesthetic and only local anaesthetic in epidural space for management of chronic low back pain due to herniated intervertebral disk.
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M511- Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/07/009080
- Lead Sponsor
- ESI Institute of Pain Management ESI Hospital Sealdah
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1. Patients suffering from low back pain due to herniated disk with or without radiculopathy
2. Duration of low back pain more than 12 weeks
3. Patient taking antineuropathic medicine more than 4 weeks
4. Degree of pain more than 5 according to numeric rating scale
1. Patients presenting with a cauda equina syndrome, severe paresis, severe pain
2. History of trauma, spinal injection or surgery, deformity, pregnancy, ongoing breast feeding, warfarin therapy
3. Ongoing treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
4. Body mass index of more than 30
5. Poorly controlled psychiatric conditions with possible secondary gain or severe comorbidity.
6. Severe intraspinal pathology (large disc herniations occupying more than 50% of the spinal canal, spinal stenosis, tumours, bleeding, dural fistula, synovial cysts, or dysraphia).
7. Patients not giving consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain score using Numeric rating scaleTimepoint: prior to the procedure and 1, 4 and 6 weeks after the procedure.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Functional disability index by the Roland-Morris Disability QuestionnaireTimepoint: prior to the procedure and 1, 4 and 6 weeks after the procedure.