ArticleTurkish journal of medical sciences2020
Predictive factors for treatment success of transforaminal epidural steroid injection in lumbar disc herniation-induced sciatica
Article in Turkish journal of medical sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04540068 (Prediction of Transforaminal Epidural Injection Success in Sciatica), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Prediction of Transforaminal Epidural Injection Success in Sciatica
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Prognostic factors associated with outcome following an epidural steroid injection for disc-related sciatica: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2023Pooled it
- Comparing the clinical efficacy of preganglionic and preganglionic plus ganglionic transforaminal epidural steroid injections for lumbosacral radicular pain.Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) · 2025Trial
- Effect of sacralization on the success of lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injection treatment: prospective clinical trial.Skeletal radiology · 2023Trial
- A Novel Scoring System for Predicting Procedural Difficulty in Supraneural L5 TFESI: The L5 TFESI Difficulty Score (LTDS).Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2026Article
- Predictors of Long-Term Response to Ganglion Impar Block With or Without Caudal Epidural Steroid Injection in Chronic Coccydynia: A Retrospective Study.Pain research & management · 2026Observational
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- The role of facet joint degeneration in the treatment success of transforaminal epidural steroid injection: a retrospective clinical study.Skeletal radiology · 2025Article
- Factors associated with improved outcomes after lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections for radicular pain: A systematic review.North American Spine Society journal · 2025Review
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- Clinical and radiological predictors of response to lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injection at 3 months: A retrospective study.Interventional pain medicine · 2022Article
- Factors associated with treatment success after combined transforaminal epidural steroid injection and dorsal root ganglion pulsed radiofrequency treatment in patients with chronic lumbar radicular pain.Turkish journal of medical sciences · 2022Article
- Multicenter study evaluating factors associated with treatment outcome for low back pain injections.Regional anesthesia and pain medicine · 2022Article
- Epidural Steroid Injections for Low Back Pain: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Spinal nerve signal intensity on Dixon T2-weighted water-only sequence: an important outcome predictor after lumbar transforaminal epidural injection.European radiology · 2021Article
- [Lumbar transforaminal epidural block for treatment of low back pain with radicular pain].Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2020Article
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Abstract
Background/aim: The aim of this study was to identify predictive factors for treatment success in transforaminal epidural steroid injection in patients with lumbar disc herniation-induced sciatica. Materials and methods: A total of 219 patients who were diagnosed with unilateral sciatica and underwent transforaminal epidural steroid injections at the level of L4-5, L5-S1, or S1 neural foramina between March 2016 and May 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. The presence of transitional vertebrae and the grade of nerve root compression were evaluated by a radiologist. Data including age, sex, body mass index, duration of symptoms, injection levels, and pain scores were recorded. Pain scores were evaluated using the numerical rating scale. Treatment success was defined as a ≥50% decrease in pain scores at 3 months. Results: The study included 118 female and 101 male patients with a mean age of 43.65 ± 12.18 years. The mean duration of symptoms was 25.64 ± 2.17 weeks. Although the duration of symptoms was longer in patients for whom treatment failed, it did not reach statistical significance. Decreased pain scores at 1 h had a significant effect on treatment success (p = 0.012, odds ratio (OR): 1.015, 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.003–1.026). Conclusions: Our study results suggest that a decreased pain score at 1 h is a predictor for a favorable three-month response to transforaminal epidural steroid injection in patients with lumbar disc herniation-induced sciatica.
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