Open AccessTo compare the analgesic efficacy of two different doses of epidural ketamine in chronic low back-pain patients: A randomised double-blind study
Author(s) -
Ruchi S. Gupta,
Harmandeep Kaur,
Sharan Kaur,
Lakshmi Mahajan,
Tavleen Kaur
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_541_20
Subject(s) - medicine , ketamine , analgesic , visual analogue scale , anesthesia , chronic pain , quality of life (healthcare) , placebo , physical therapy , nursing , alternative medicine , pathology
Ketamine, an adjunct to epidural steroid injections (ESI) for chronic back-pain provides better quality and prolonged duration of analgesia. The present study aims to evaluate the analgesic efficacy in terms of pain scores, duration of pain-free period, patient satisfaction score (PSS) and number of repeat injections with 25 mg versus 50 mg ketamine as adjuvants to ESI.