Results of epidural injection of local anaesthetic and corticosteroid in patients with lumbosciatic pain.
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1995-01-01
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Epidural steroid therapy is one of the useful conservative modalities of treatment of low back pain with sciatica. Epidural injection of a mixture of 80 mg (2 ml) of methylprednisolone, 25 ml of normal saline and 10 ml of 2% lignocaine hydrochloride through sacral route produced excellent to good results in 83% of patients of low back pain with sciatica with subacute symptoms of less than 3 months duration, when evaluated after 3 months of injection. When evaluated after one year of injection the success rate came down to 64.8%.
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Mam MK. Results of epidural injection of local anaesthetic and corticosteroid in patients with lumbosciatic pain. Journal of the Indian Medical Association. 1995 Jan; 93(1): 17-8, 24