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Addition of steroids provide no apparent benefit for treatment of lumbar radicular pain
July 2013
Addition of steroids provide no apparent benefit for treatment of lumbar radicular pain
Study Type:Meta-analysis/Systematic Review
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A
Transforaminal injection of corticosteroids for lumbar radiculopathy: systematic review and meta-analysis
Eur Spine J. 2012 Feb;21(2):214-9. doi: 10.1007/s00586-011-2008-y. Epub 2011 Sep 4Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here
Synopsis
Five randomized controlled trials (368 patients) were identified to analyze the effectiveness of steroid injection in the treatment of lumbar radicular pain. The results of this meta-analysis and systematic review indicated improvement in pain but not disability in the steroid treatment compared to the control; however, these differences were not significant. This meta-analysis demonstrated that t...
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