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Clinical Trials/CTRI/2020/02/023131
CTRI/2020/02/023131
Recruiting
Phase 4

Feasibility of ultrasound versus fluoroscopy guided caudal epidural block for low back pain with radiculopathy: a randomised controlled study.

Government Medical College and Hospital0 sites0 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Phase 4
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Health Condition 1: M511- Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy
Sponsor
Government Medical College and Hospital
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
3 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
3 years ago
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Sponsor
Government Medical College and Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\) Patients attending the Pain Clinic of the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, with chronic low back pain (LBP) of more than 3 months duration with bilateral radiculopathy, not responding to conservative treatment
  • 2\) Age 25\- 80 years
  • 3\) American Society of Anaesthesiology (ASA)Physical status I or II
  • 4\) Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of lumbosacral spine findings of disc protrusion and disc bulge at various levels of lumbar spine and impingement of exiting and traversing nerve roots

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\) Patients refusing to provide informed consent
  • 2\) Systemic infection or local infection at the site of injection
  • 3\) Bleeding diathesis or full anticoagulation
  • 4\) Significant allergic reaction/hypersensitivity to contrast, anaesthetic, or corticosteroid
  • 5\) Local malignancy
  • 6\) Patient refusal
  • 7\) Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
  • 8\) Patients with severe cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, and hepatic diseases
  • 9\) Pregnancy (due to fluoroscopy)
  • 10\) Cases with severe motor weakness, rapidly progressing neurological deficit, cauda equina syndrome

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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