Stimulator-assisted ultrasound-guided nerve block versus ultrasound guided injection in low back pain relief
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: 8- Other Procedures
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/08/035926
- Lead Sponsor
- AIIMS New Delhi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1)Low back pain with unilateral radicular pain with clinical-radiologic signs without paresis
2)VAS >3
3)18 to 65 year
4)Who gives informed consent to inclusion in the study
5)Who has current CT or MR imaging of their lumbar spine available
6)Monosegmental dermotomal pain distribution
7)Failure of symptomatic treatment with NSAIDs or/and physiotherapy for at least 6 weeks
1)History of drugs allergy including contrast media, steroid and anaesthetics
2)Body mass index of >=35 kg/m2
3)Spinal infection or a local or systemic infection
4)Pregnant patient
5)Previous injections within 3 months
6)Uncontrolled diabetes
7)Spinal tumors
8)On anticoagulation therapy or uncorrectable coagulopathy
9)Underwent surgery in the lumbar region
10)Progressively neurological deficit, acute traumatic, infectious, or pathologic cases
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)Timepoint: 1 month
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) <br/ ><br>2. Number of needle attempts between the two groups <br/ ><br>3. Contrast spread pattern between the two groups <br/ ><br>4. Operation time between the two groupsTimepoint: 30 mins, 1 week and 3 months