Comparison of the effectiveness of caudal and transforaminal epidural block in the patients with low back pain syndrome due to degenerative-dystrophic changes of spine

Autor:	N. V. Tytarenko, Ya. V. Nikitchuk, A.V. Kostiuchenko, G.S. Moskovko, A. I. Semenenko
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Pain syndrome business.industry Visual analogue scale Dystrophic changes General Medicine Low back pain Oswestry Disability Index Lumbar Quality of life Anesthesia Epidural block Medicine medicine.symptom business
Zdroj:	Reports of Vinnytsia National Medical University. 23:238-242
ISSN:	2522-9354 1817-7883
Popis:	The study included 258 (96 males, 162 females) of patients in the age of 52.2±14.16 years with pain in the lumbar-sacral part of spine due to degenerative-dystrophic changes. Among them: 30 patients received medication treatment (group 1, control), 114 transforaminal epidural block (group 2) and 114 — caudal epidural blockades (group 3, n = 114). Period of observation was 6 months. The assessment of the intensity of the pain was performed on the visual analog scale (VAS), the quality of life — on the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and the Short Form Health Survey-36 (SF-36). Caudal and transforaminal epidural blockades could effectively reduce the intensity of pain (p
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