A study to compare the efficacy of radiofrequency ablation and platelet rich plasma injection for the treatment of low back pai
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M513- Other thoracic, thoracolumbar andlumbosacral intervertebral disc degeneration
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/06/019531
- Lead Sponsor
- Institute of Medical Sciences BHU Varanasi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. ASA 1 and 2 patients with > 6 months low back ache
2. Not responding to conservative management (medications, physical therapy, steroid
injections)
3. Discogenic pain suggested by clinical and radiological (MRI) diagnosis
4. Concordant pain on discography
Exclusion Criteria
1. Radicular pain more than back pain
2. Spinal canal stenosis
3. Spondylosis and Spondylolisthesis
4. Other causes of low back pain (facet osteoarthritis, sacroiliac joint arthrpathy)
5. Coagulation disorders or patient on anticoagulants
6. Pregnancy
7. Extruded or sequestered disc
8. Previous spinal surgery
9. Skin infection
10. Psychiatric illness
11. Patients having an annular tear with contrast spreading into epidural space
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method umeric Rating Scale (NRS) for pain and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) scoreTimepoint: Baseline, at 3 and 6 months post procedure
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Variation in analgesic requirement over time <br/ ><br>2. Complications and adverse effects will be notedTimepoint: baseline and up to 6 months post procedure