The Value of Short-Term Pain Relief in Predicting the Long-Term Outcome of Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections

Joswig, Holger; Neff, Armin; Ruppert, Christina; Hildebrandt, Gerhard; Stienen, Martin

doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.08.055

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English

The Value of Short-Term Pain Relief in Predicting the Long-Term Outcome of Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections

ContributorsJoswig, Holger; Neff, Armin; Ruppert, Christina; Hildebrandt, Gerhard; Stienen, Martin

Published inWorld Neurosurgery, vol. 107, p. 764-771

Publication date2017

Abstract

A previous report demonstrated predictive power of short-term leg pain relief after lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections for 1-month treatment response. The question whether the long-term response could be similarly predicted remained unanswered.

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Analgesics/administration & dosage
Back Pain/diagnosis/drug therapy/etiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Injections
Epidural
Intervertebral Disc Displacement/complications/diagnosis/drug therapy
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Lumbar Vertebrae
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Prospective Studies
Sciatica/diagnosis/drug therapy/etiology
Steroids/administration & dosage
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult

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Not a UNIGE publication

Research groups

Groupe Schaller Karl Lothard (neurochirurgie) (851)

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JOSWIG, Holger et al. The Value of Short-Term Pain Relief in Predicting the Long-Term Outcome of Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections. In: World Neurosurgery, 2017, vol. 107, p. 764–771. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.08.055

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:112453
DOI : 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.08.055
PMID : 28838872

Journal ISSN1878-8750

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The Value of Short-Term Pain Relief in Predicting the Long-Term Outcome of Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections

A previous report demonstrated predictive power of short-term leg pain relief after lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections for 1-month treatment response. The question whether the long-term response could be similarly predicted remained unanswered.

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