INJECTIONS OF ETHER IN SCIATICA.

Forceful sacrococcygeal injections in the treatment of postdiscectomy sciatica. A controlled study versus glucocorticoid injections.

UNLABELLED The role of epidural fibrosis in postoperative sciatica is unclear. Few therapeutic trials have been published. We evaluated the mechanical effects of forceful saline injections through the sacrococcygeal hiatus comparatively with glucocorticoid injections. PATIENTS AND METHODS Forty-seven patients with postdiscectomy sciatica but no evidence of compression by computed tomography o...

Epidural corticosteroid injections for sciatica due to herniated nucleus pulposus.

BACKGROUND Although epidural corticosteroid injections are commonly used for sciatica, their efficacy has not been established. METHODS In a randomized, double-blind trial, we administered up to three epidural injections of methylprednisolone acetate (80 mg in 8 ml of isotonic saline) or isotonic saline (1 ml) to 158 patients with sciatica due to a herniated nucleus pulposus. All patients had...

Sciatica and Its Treatment by Saline Injections Round the Nerve

Our experience with epidural steroid injections in management of low backpain and sciatica.

BACKGROUND Low back pain and sciatica is a common clinical condition. It is a most common orthopaedic complaint in the Kaski region of Nepal. The reason for its increased incidence may be hilly terrain, difficult working and living environment of the region. The initial treatment of Low back pain is conservative. Epidural steroid injection is being slowly established as are liable mode of conse...

A multicentre randomized controlled trial of epidural corticosteroid injections for sciatica: the WEST study.

OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness and predictors of response to lumbar epidural corticosteroid injections (ESI) in patients with sciatica. We performed a 12-month, multicentre, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial in four secondary pain-care clinics in the Wessex Region. METHODS Two hundred and twenty-eight patients with a clinical diagnosis of unilateral ...