UNSPECIFIED. (2005) Epidural steroid injection for nerve root compression - A randomized, controlled trial. JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-BRITISH VOLUME, 87B (3). pp. 352-355. ISSN 0301-620X

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Abstract

We have assessed whether an epidural steroid injection is effective in the treatment of symptoms due to compression of a nerve root in the lumbar spine by carrying out a prospective, randomised, controlled trial in which patients received either an epidural steroid injection or an intramuscular injection of local anaesthetic and steroid. We assessed a total of 93 patients according to the Oxford pain chart and the Oswestry disability index and followed up for a minimum of two years. All the patients had been categorised as potential candidates for surgery. There was a significant reduction in pain early on in those having an epidural steroid injection but no difference in the long term between the two groups. The rate of subsequent operation in the groups was similar.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine R Medicine > RD Surgery
Journal or Publication Title:	JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-BRITISH VOLUME
Publisher:	BRITISH EDITORIAL SOC BONE JOINT SURGERY
ISSN:	0301-620X
Date:	March 2005
Volume:	87B
Number:	3
Number of Pages:	4
Page Range:	pp. 352-355
Identification Number:	10.1302/0301-620X.87B3.15338
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/7279

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