COMPARISON OF TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL INJECTION OF DEXAMETHASONE AND METHYLPREDNISOLONE IN REDUCING LOW BACK PAIN AND DISABILITY IN PROLAPSED LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISC
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: G544- Lumbosacral root disorders, not elsewhere classified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/11/021898
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Kanti Rajkumari
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Patients with back pain due to prolapsed lumbar disc L4-L5 and L5-S1, confirmed by MRI (Grade II and III), Pain severity with minimum score of 5 based on 10 point scale VAS (Visual Analogue Scale),Pain duration < 3 months, ODI score more than 40, Willingness to comply with treatment and follow-up assessments
1.Cauda equina syndrome
2.Mental or physical condition that would invalidate evaluation results
3.Prior lumbar surgery at any level
4.Patient is scheduled to have more than one level of steroid injection
5.Pregnancy
6.Systemic or local infection at site of injection
7.Known allergy to corticosteroids, contrast dye or anesthetics
8.History of any malignancy (including hematologic and non-hematologic malignancies)
9.Bleeding disorders
10.Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus/ hypertension
11.Received any spinal injection in the past 3 months
12.Subjects who refused to sign informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) <br/ ><br>2. Oswestry Disability Index(ODI) <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1 week, 1 month, 6 months <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method SLRTTimepoint: 1 week, 1 month, 6 months