ArticleSkeletal radiology2022
Predictive value of immediate pain relief after lumbar transforaminal epidural injection with local anesthetics and steroids for single level radiculopathy.
Article in Skeletal radiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06240793 (Comparison of Unilateral and Bilateral Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection in Unilateral Lumbosacral Disc Herniation), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.
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Comparison of Unilateral and Bilateral Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection in Unilateral Lumbosacral Disc Herniation: a Randomized Controlled Trial
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.
- Early pain-response trajectories after basivertebral nerve ablation and their relationship to 12-month clinical outcomes.Interventional pain medicine · 2026Article
- Review
- The impact on fluoroscopic image review on perceived benefit, patient satisfaction, and short-term improvement following lumbosacral epidural steroid injections.Interventional pain medicine · 2025Article
- Spine injections: the rationale for CT guidance.Skeletal radiology · 2023Review
- Correlation of perfusion index change and analgesic efficacy in transforaminal steroid injection for lumbosacral pain, a prospective observational study.Saudi journal of anaesthesiaArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the predictive value of immediate pain-relief after CT-guided transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) including local anesthetics for longer-term pain relief and patients' global impression of change (PGIC) after 4 weeks. MATERIALS AND
methodsOne hundred ninety-three patients (age 55.4 ± 14.9) with single-level discogenic lumbar radiculopathy and subsequent TFESI were included. Pain scores were recorded before (NRS
resultsThere was a significant positive correlation between immediate pain-relief and longer-term pain-reduction (r = 0.24, p = 0.001) with an odds ratio of 2.0 (CI: 1.1-3.6). A good short-term response (NRS
conclusionOur results indicate a significant positive correlation between immediate post-procedural and longer-term pain relief after TFESI in patients with lumbar radiculopathy; however, no effect of short-term pain relief is seen on PGIC after 4 weeks. Patients with good longer-term outcome (≥ 50% pain reduction) are twice as likely to have already shown good immediate pain reduction after TFESI.
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