comparison of ultrasound and fluoroscopic guided facet joint injection in low back pain patients due to facet joint involvement

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• Conditions: Health Condition 1: M190- Primary osteoarthritis of other joints

• Registration Number: CTRI/2022/09/046007
• Lead Sponsor: All India institute of medical sciences Rishikesh

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot Yet Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

1. Chronic LBP with or without proximal non-radicular extremity pain

2. Duration of pain at least more than 3 months

3. Pain unresponsive to conservative treatment including medical management, physical therapy, and previous interventions.

4. Average pain score of �4 on an 11-point NRS.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patient refusal

2. more than one facet joint or bilateral facet joint involvement

3. Pain for less than 3 months

4. Coagulopathy and/or patients on anticoagulants.

5. Infection at the site of injection.

6. Hypersensitivity to local anesthetic agent.

7. Evidence of significant progressive sensory or motor deficit, cauda-equina syndrome, H/O trauma, infection and cancer (Red flag signs).

8. Evidence of severe psychiatric illness.

9. History of spinal tumor, spinal cord injury or previous backs surgery

10.History of any major comorbid medical conditions, those interfere with recording of study outcomes (neurological disorders, auto-immune diseases), multiple sclerosis, and pregnancy.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified