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No difference between steroid & local anaesthetic vs. saline & local anesthetic injection
August 2013
No difference between steroid & local anaesthetic vs. saline & local anesthetic injection
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A
Transforaminal steroid injections for the treatment of cervical radiculopathy: a prospective and randomised study
Eur Spine J. 2007 Mar;16(3):321-8. Epub 2006 Jul 12Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here
Synopsis
40 patients with radicular pain in the cervical spine were randomized to either receive treatment via an injection of steroid and local anaesthetic or saline and local anaesthetic. The purpose of this study was to compare the short term effects between these injection therapies. The results at the short term follow up period of 3 weeks showed that the combination of steroids and local anaesthetics...
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