title: Results of epidural injection of local anaesthetic and corticosteroid in patients with lumbosciatic pain.
abstract: 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%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Mam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007268:Injections, Epidural; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D008012:Lidocaine; D011239:Prednisolone