Raja Sekar MR
Department of Orthopaedics, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital Affiliated to Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaPublications
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Research
A Prospective Study of Efficacy of Epidural Steroid Therapy in Lumbar Radicular Pain
Author(s): Vinoth KR, Srinivasan N and Raja Sekar MR*
The present study included to know efficacy of epidural steroid in lumbar radicular pain and to determine the effect of epidural steroid injections (ESIs) in patients who exhibit lumbar radicular pain symptoms for more than 3 months with determining the effect of epidural steroid injections (ESIs) in patients who exhibit lumbar radicular pain symptoms for more than 3 months and to assess improvement in functional outcome in lumbar disc disease patents after treatment. This study focuses on to evaluate duration of relief and long-term outcome after epidural steroid injections and to assess the quality of improvement in pain relief and to assess patient satisfaction after steroid injection. All outcome measure (RMDQ score, Satisfaction score, ODI index, VAS, finger to floor distance) shows reduction of score which could be because of steroid deteriorates over a period of time, Progressi.. Read More»