Treating Radiculopathies Arising Out Of Single Level Disc Prolapse of Lumbar Spine

Low back pain is one of the major causes of disability in people in 4th and 5th decade of life. Lumbar spinal stenosis can induce radiating pain in the lower limbs through narrowed intervertebral foramen by a herniated intervertebral disc due to degenerative changes, thickening of the ligamentum flavum, zygapophyseal joint and thickening of surrounding soft tissues. The study determine the efficacy of both transforaminal epidural steroid injections and interlaminar epidural steroid given under fluoroscopic guidance to different patients having similar complaints of radiculopathy. Study was conducted with 50 patients to compare and evaluate the outcomes of transforaminal steroid injection vs epidural steroid injection. Patients were alternately assigned one group such that each group had 25 patients. The results of transforaminal epidural steroids and interlaminar epidural steroid injection were found to be equally good.