Status:
UNKNOWN
Ultrasound-guided Lumbar Periradicular Injection: a Non Irradiating Infiltration Technique
Lead Sponsor:
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Conditions:
Low Back Pain
Sciatica
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-70 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
We propose here to evaluate the precision of lumbar periradicular infiltration performed under a transverse ultrasound approach by performing a fluoroscopic control once the needle in the desired posi...
Detailed Description
Foraminal periradicular infiltrations for therapeutic purposes are currently recognized as an integral part of the treatment of radiculalgia, particularly in case of radiculalgia refractory to a well-...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- neurology, neurosurgery, physical medicine, algology consultation
- over the age of 18
- Radiculalgia in the territory corresponding to the root lesion
- Symptomatology inferior to two months.
- Imaging (CT scan or MRI) or electromyographic study with evidence (foraminal disc herniation or foraminal stenosis) of the irritation or the causal compression of the radicular symptomatology
Exclusion
- allergy to any of the constituents of the infiltrated product, or to the contrast medium
- unstable medical condition: cardiac, respiratory, endocrine (uncontrolled diabetes)
- inability to put himself in a prone position
- depression: HADS score equal to or greater than 11.
- root lesion caused by an accident at work, a tumoral or infectious causal process.
- local infection (cutaneous, perimedullary / spinal) or systemic
- coagulopathy (platelets \<50000 / mm3, Prothrombin time \<60%, INTernational normalized ratio\> 1.5), anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy treatment other than aspirin
- Lumbar surgical history
- history of foraminal or perimedullary infiltration of less than 6 months
- symptoms older than two months
- pregnant woman
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 27 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
May 30 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03453775
Start Date
February 27 2018
End Date
May 30 2018
Last Update
April 10 2018
Active Locations (1)
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Hopital Erasme
Anderlecht, Brussels Capital, Belgium, 1070