How Does Anxiety and Depression Affect the Outcome after Periradicular Infiltration Therapy?-A Retrospective Analysis of Patients Undergoing CT-Guided Single-Level Nerve Root Infiltration Due to Chronic Monoradicular Pain.

Chris Lindemann, Alexander Hölzl, Sabrina Böhle, Timo Zippelius, Patrick Strube

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Prevalence of psychological comorbidities and their association with injection therapy outcomes in patients with chronic low back pain: a registry-based retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026
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Chris LindemannOrthopedic Department, Jena University Hospital, Campus Eisenberg, Friedrich Schiller University, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany.

Alexander HölzlOrthopedic Department, Jena University Hospital, Campus Eisenberg, Friedrich Schiller University, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany.

Sabrina BöhleOrthopedic Department, Jena University Hospital, Campus Eisenberg, Friedrich Schiller University, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6976-8953

Timo ZippeliusDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany.

Patrick StrubeOrthopedic Department, Jena University Hospital, Campus Eisenberg, Friedrich Schiller University, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany.

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to research the influence of psychological confounders on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) after lumbar infiltration therapies of periradicular infiltrations (PRI). Patients who underwent PRI in a single center between June 2018 and December 2019 were included. PRI was performed in patients with predominantly unilateral lumbar radiculopathy which existed for at least 6 weeks based on single-level nerve root compression (caused by a herniated disc, stenosis of the lateral recess, or neuroforamen), confirmed by morphological imaging. The numeric pain rating scale (NRS) for back pain (BP) and leg pain (LP) and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) were assessed preinterventionally, on the first day (only NRS) and at 6 weeks, and then 3, 6, and 12 months postinterventionally. The minimally clinically important difference (MCID) served as the threshold for the therapeutic effectiveness evaluation. The health-related quality of life (SF-36) was recorded preinterventionally and after 12 months. Based on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the patients were dichotomized into depressed or nondepressed and anxious or nonanxious. Categorical data were evaluated using Fisher's exact test, and continuous data were evaluated using Student's

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anxietychronic low back paindepressionlumbar spineperiradicular infiltrationradiculopathy

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PMID37761249

DOI10.3390/diagnostics13182882

PMCPMC10527802

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