A clinical trial to study the convenience of ultrasound versus fluoroscopy guided caudal epidural block for low back pain with radiculopathy
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M511- Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/02/023131
- Lead Sponsor
- Government Medical College and Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
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
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
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time taken for correct placement of epidural needle, measured in seconds.Timepoint: 2nd, 4th, 8th, 12th week.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method RS for pain (0-10) scores and ODI values 2nd, 4th, 8th, 12th week.Timepoint: 2nd, 4th, 8th, 12th week.