Open AccessA Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial to Determine the Effectiveness of Caudal Epidural Steroid Injection in Lumbosacral Sciatica
Author(s) -
Jaydeep Nandi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/21905.9392
Subject(s) - sciatica , medicine , lumbosacral joint , placebo , anesthesia , prednisolone , randomized controlled trial , epidural steroid injection , saline , surgery , low back pain , alternative medicine , pathology
Caudal epidural steroid injection have been a part of nonsurgical management of lumbosacral sciatica since last half a century but various randomized controlled trials fail to provide convincing evidence in favour of its effectiveness.