Local Anesthetics in Cervical Epidural Injection

Mustafa Kurçaloğlu

Status

Completed

Conditions

Chronic Neck Pain Due to Cervical Intervertebral Disc Herniation

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT07263672

OMÜ KAEK 2021/300

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of local anesthetic drugs in cervical epidural injections for chronic neck pain

Full description

In this prospective observational study, patients were divided into two groups regarding the injected solution into the cervical epidural space. Group S received corticosteoroid injection and group LS received corticosteroid and bupivacaine injection. Pain severity scores (Numerical Rating Scale - NRS) and Neck Disability Index (NDI) scores were recored before the intervention and one, three, and six months after the interventions. Significant difference were searched between groups using by statistical analysis.

Enrollment

60 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients who were planned to have a cervical epidural injection due to the pain originated from intervertebral disc herniation

Exclusion criteria

Patients younger than18, those who were unwilling to participate, those who were pregnant or possibly pregnant, with infection or anatomic variations in the region of the procedure, allergic to the drugs to be used in the procedure and with coagulation disorders