250
Participants
Start Date
February 1, 2017
Primary Completion Date
January 31, 2020
Study Completion Date
January 31, 2020
pulsed Radiofrequency
Non-surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation causing sciatica using pulsed radiofrequency (10 minutes) directed to the interested dorsal root ganglia (percutaneous technique); after radiofrequency application, using the same needle, steroid was administered (as per the control arm). The procedure was guided by CT imaging
Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection
Percutaneous injection of steroid in the nerve root foramen. The procedure was guided by CT imaging
Centro Sana, Aprilia
Alessandro Napoli, Rome
University of Roma La Sapienza
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