Why use steroids in lumbar selective nerve root block?-A randomized control study

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Sixty-nine patients with lumbar pain and lower limb pain who visited our Hospital, were randomly divided into two groups and selective nerve root block (SNRB) was performed: Group S(+): Received concomitant administration of steroids with local anesthetic at the time of nerve root block; Group S(-): Received administration of local anesthetic alone at the time of nerve root block. Subsequently, Visual Analog Scale and Present Pain Intensity scores obtained before SNRB, 1 hour and 1 week after SNRB were compared between the two groups. There were no statistically significant differences in Visual Analog Scale and Present Pain Intensity scores between the Group S(+) and Group S(-) at any of the studied intervals. These results do not support the concomitant administration of steroids in SNRB.
2009-02-01