Status:

COMPLETED

The Effect of Magnesium Deficiency on Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection Success: An Observational Study

Lead Sponsor:

Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital

Conditions:

Pain, Back

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Brief Summary

Transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESE) is an interventional method frequently used in the treatment of radicular pain due to disc herniation. TFESE, which is applied under sterile condition...

Detailed Description

The study will be conducted by retrospectively scanning the files of patients with paracentral/subarticular protruded disc herniation and who underwent transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESE...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Patients whose medical analgesic treatment was changed during their three-month follow-up;
  • Those with fibromyalgia;
  • Those with metabolic diseases (chronic renal failure, spondyloarthropathies, diabetes, hypo/hyperthyroidism, etc.) that may affect serum magnesium level;
  • Those with a history of lumbar surgery;
  • those taking magnesium or calcium supplements;
  • Those with malignancy or obesity;
  • Those with psychiatric illness;
  • Those without lumbar MRI; Patients whose clinical, physical examination and laboratory data cannot be accessed

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    June 1 2024

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    September 15 2024

    Estimated Enrollment :

    118 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT06551792

    Start Date

    June 1 2024

    End Date

    September 15 2024

    Last Update

    December 12 2025

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    Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital

    Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye), 34000