Intravenous Corticosteroid Therapy for Acute Lumbar Radicular Pain
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
ALRP | Acute lumbar radicular pain |
SNRB | Selective nerve root block |
SLR | Straight leg raising |
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Variables | Conservative (n = 39) | SNRB (n = 11) | Surgery (n = 6) | p-Value |
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Age, Average (Yr.) | 55.6 ± 18.4 | 66.1 ± 14.6 | 57.3 ± 13.7 | 0.103 |
Gender Female (%) | 35.9 | 63.6 | 50.0 | 0.149 |
IV Dexamethasone Treatment Days | 3.9 ± 2.8 | 4.4 ± 2.1 | 4.5 ± 2.3 | 0.503 |
Motor deficit (%) | 37.8 | 40 | 57.1 | 0.522 |
Sensory deficit (%) | 16.2 | 30 | 42.9 | 0.117 |
Positive SLR (%) | 48.6 | 70 | 42.9 | 0. 914 |
Central canal stenosis (%) | 73 | 70 | 71.4 | 0.856 |
Recess stenosis (%) | 10.8 | 10 | 0 | 0.562 |
Foraminal stenosis (%) | 54.1 | 50.0 | 42.9 | 0.633 |
Extra-foraminal stenosis (%) | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.227 |
Mild stenosis (%) | 18.9 | 0 | 0 | 0.055 |
Moderate stenosis (%) | 56.8 | 70 | 28.6 | 0.793 |
Severe stenosis (%) | 24.3 | 30 | 57.1 | 0.208 |
Character | Hazard Ratio | 95% Lower Confidence Limit for Hazard Ratio | 95% Upper Confidence Limit for Hazard Ratio | Pr > ChiSq |
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Motor deficit | 1.945 | 0.729 | 5.193 | 0.1842 |
Sensory deficit | 1.581 | 0.581 | 4.297 | 0.3697 |
Positive SLR | 2.276 | 0.824 | 6.282 | 0.1124 |
Central canal stenosis | 0.783 | 0.295 | 2.075 | 0.6227 |
Recess stenosis | 1.817 | 0.436 | 7.565 | 0.4120 |
Foraminal stenosis | 1.505 | 0.553 | 4.097 | 0.4237 |
Extra-foraminal stenosis | 0.395 | 0.021 | 7.271 | 0.5317 |
Mild stenosis | 0.152 | 0.008 | 3.075 | 0.2198 |
Moderate stenosis | 1.079 | 0.382 | 3.048 | 0.8857 |
Severe stenosis | 2.295 | 0.808 | 6.523 | 0.1189 |
SNRB | 1.371 | 0.337 | 5.570 | 0.6593 |
Steroids side effects | 0.253 | 0.009 | 6.884 | 0.4152 |
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Hershkovich, O.; Mor, Y.; Lotan, R. Intravenous Corticosteroid Therapy for Acute Lumbar Radicular Pain. J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 5127. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11175127
Hershkovich O, Mor Y, Lotan R. Intravenous Corticosteroid Therapy for Acute Lumbar Radicular Pain. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022; 11(17):5127. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11175127
Chicago/Turabian StyleHershkovich, Oded, Yaakov Mor, and Raphael Lotan. 2022. "Intravenous Corticosteroid Therapy for Acute Lumbar Radicular Pain" Journal of Clinical Medicine 11, no. 17: 5127. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11175127
APA StyleHershkovich, O., Mor, Y., & Lotan, R. (2022). Intravenous Corticosteroid Therapy for Acute Lumbar Radicular Pain. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(17), 5127. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11175127