Evaluation of Responsiveness of Epidural Steroid Injection in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis and Lumbar Disc Herniation in Nan hospital
Keywords:
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, Lumbar Disc Herniation, การฉีด epidural steroidAbstract
This prospective analytic study aims to report the result of epidural steroid injection and factors that influence the result in 99 patients who were diagnosed with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis and Lumbar Disc Herniation from September 2005 to August 2006 in Nan hospital. The results were that Lumbar Disc Herniation group had significant better result than Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. These results suggest that epidural steroid injection is an excellent choice for the treatment0f Lumbar Disc Herniation and it probably renders only short-term symptomatic relief for the treatment of LumbarSpinal Stenosis
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