Abstract
This retrospective study compares the results of 2 different techniques of transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI)-subpedicular (SP-TFESI) and lateral recess epidural steroid injection (LRSI) in relieving chronic lumbar radicular pain. Records of 97 patients who had undergone injection for unilateral lumbar radicular pain and had a paracentral disc were analyzed. Numerical rating scale (NRS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) scores were measured at baseline and at 2, 4, 12, and 24 weeks thereafter. At 24 weeks, the NRS was significantly lower than the baseline in both groups; NRS in the LRSI group was significantly lower than NRS in the SP-TFESI group at 12 and 24 weeks (P= 0.02 each). ODI score was also significantly lower in the LRSI group through the 12-week time point (P= 0.003 at 2 weeks; P= 0.009 at 4 weeks; P= 0.02 at 12 weeks). At the end of 24 weeks, a significantly greater number of patients in the LRSI group achieved minimal clinically important difference for NRS and ODI (P= 0.008 and 0.016, respectively). At the end of 24 weeks, LRSI appears to be a superior technique in relieving unilateral lumbar radicular pain due to a paracentral disc.
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