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Comparison of blunt and sharp needles for transforaminal epidural steroid injections

dc.contributor.buuauthorÖzcan, Ulaş
dc.contributor.buuauthorŞahin, Şükran
dc.contributor.buuauthorGurbet, Alp
dc.contributor.buuauthorGURBET, ALP
dc.contributor.buuauthorÇelebi, Sureyya
dc.contributor.buuauthorTürker, Gürkan
dc.contributor.buuauthorTÜRKER, YUNUS GÜRKAN
dc.contributor.buuauthorÖzgür, Mustafa
dc.contributor.buuauthorYAYLI, MUSTAFA ÖZGÜR
dc.contributor.departmentBursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Anestezi ve Reanimasyon Anabilim Dalı.
dc.contributor.departmentBursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Algoloji Anabilim Dalı.
dc.contributor.departmentBursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Anestezi ve Reanimasyon Anabilim Dalı.
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-6503-8232
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-3019-581X
dc.contributor.researcheridAAI-6642-2021
dc.contributor.researcheridA-7994-2018
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-26T11:43:30Z
dc.date.available2024-09-26T11:43:30Z
dc.date.issued2012-04-01
dc.description.abstractObjectives: The aim of this study was to compare the sharp and blunt needles in order to determine the incidence of complications during transforaminal anterior epidural steroid injections.Methods: In this retrospective study, 185 cases that undergo transforaminal epidural steroid injection with sharp or blunt needles were evaluated between June 2004 and December 2008. Patients age, sex, diagnosis, needle type (sharp or blunt), volume of local anesthetic and steroid injected, complications (paresthesia, dural puncture, bleeding, paralysis, intravascular penetration, headache, local back pain, temporary motor loss in lower extremities) was recorded.Results: 3 cases in blunt needle group and 8 cases in sharp needle group showed paresthesia during the procedure. The difference was not found to be significant among the groups. Vascular penetration was observed in 2 cases in blunt and 13 cases in sharp needle group and the difference between groups was statistically significant (p<0.001). Dural puncture and headache incidence were not significant when the two groups are compared. The local back pain at the injection site had a higher incidence in the blunt needle group.Conclusion: When using the blunt needles, vascular penetration and paresthesia were less during transforaminal epidural steroid injections. Therefore blunt needles seem to be more advantageous.
dc.identifier.doi10.5505/agri.2012.88700
dc.identifier.endpage89
dc.identifier.issn1300-0012
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.startpage85
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5505/agri.2012.88700
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11452/45316
dc.identifier.volume24
dc.identifier.wos000421300700006
dc.indexed.wosWOS.ESCI
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherKare Publ
dc.relation.journalAgri-the Journal Of The Turkish Society Of Algology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectBlunt needle
dc.subjectSharp needle
dc.subjectTransforaminal epidural steroid
dc.subjectScience & technology
dc.subjectLife sciences & biomedicine
dc.subjectMedicine, general & internal
dc.subjectGeneral & internal medicine
dc.titleComparison of blunt and sharp needles for transforaminal epidural steroid injections
dc.typeArticle
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