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Comparison of Unilateral and Bilateral Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection

NCT06240793 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 128

Last updated 2024-07-16

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Summary

Lumbar radicular pain affects the person's quality of life. The most common cause of lumbar radicular pain is disc herniation. In radicular pain due to lumbar disc herniation, epidural steroid injections are frequently applied to patients who do not benefit from medical treatment and physical medicine modalities. Epidural steroid injection inhibits the synthesis and release of pro-inflammatory substances that develop as a result of mechanical compression.In the transforaminal epidural technique, the solution is administered to the anterior epidural space and spreads to the ipsilateral periradicular area. The applied solution does not cross the midline and there is no contralateral drug spread. Although bilateral transforaminal epidural steroid injection is recommended in unilateral lumbosacral disc herniation because the inflammation is bilateral, unilateral transforaminal steroid injection has been applied in most studies. We aimed to to evaluate the effects of unilateral and bilateral transforaminal epidural steroid injection on pain intensity, functionality and medication use in unilateral lumbosacral disc herniation

Conditions

  • Pain, Chronic

Interventions

PROCEDURE

unilateral transforaminal epidural steroid block

unilateral transforaminal epidural steroid block

PROCEDURE

bilateral transforaminal epidural steroid block

bilateral transforaminal epidural steroid block

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ankara University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hanzade A Unal, MD · Ankara University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-06-15
Primary Completion
2023-10-15
Completion
2023-12-15

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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