A multicentre randomized controlled trial of epidural corticosteroid injections for sciatica: the WEST study.

NK, Arden; C, Price; I, Reading; J, Stubbing; J, Hazelgrove; C, Dunne; M, Michel; P, Rogers; C, Cooper

doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei028

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A multicentre randomized controlled trial of epidural corticosteroid injections for sciatica: the WEST study.

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Arden NK

Price C

Reading I

Abstract

Objective To determine the effectiveness and predictors of response to lumbar epidural corticosteroid injections (ESI) in patients with sciatica. We performed a 12-month, multicentre, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial in four secondary pain-care clinics in the Wessex...

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