Clinical effectiveness of single lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections
| Autor: | Timothy J. Kaufmann, Jennifer R. Geske, Naveen S. Murthy, Kent R. Thielen, Jonathan M. Morris, John T. Wald, Felix E. Diehn, Kimberly K. Amrami, Rickey E. Carter, Randy A. Shelerud, Ralph E. Gay, Timothy P. Maus |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 14(8) |
| ISSN: | 1526-4637 |
| Popis: | Objectives. To assess the clinical effectiveness of single lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections (TFESIs) in subjects with radicular pain with or without radiculopathy. Design. Retrospective observational series. Setting. Single academic radiology pain management practice. Subjects. Two thousand twenty-four subjects undergoing single lumbar TFESIs at the L4-5, L5-S1, or S1 neural foramina. Methods / Outcome Measures. Subjects were assessed with a pain numerical rating scale (NRS, 0–10) and Roland–Morris disability questionnaire (R–M, 23-point Deyo modification) prior to TFESI and at 2 weeks and 2 months follow-up. Successful pain relief (responders) was defined as either ≥50% reduction in NRS or pain 0/10; functional success was defined as ≥40% reduction in R–M score. Results. There were statistically significant (P |
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