Work status and response to epidural steroid injection.
A total of 187 patients with lumbar radiculopathy underwent epidural steroid injection. On follow-up 1 to 3 years later, patients were asked if their initial injury was work-related and if they were unemployed as a result of their injury. They also rated their response to injection. Fifty-two percent of the patients with work-related injury v 68% of the patients with non-work-related injury responded to epidural steroid injection (P = 0.46).
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007268:Injections, Epidural; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077555:Methylprednisolone Acetate; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots; D014481:United States; D014942:Workers' Compensation
D000077555:Methylprednisolone Acetate; D008775:Methylprednisolone