作者
Rafael Zambelli Pinto, Chris G Maher, Manuela L Ferreira, Mark Hancock, Vinicius C Oliveira, Andrew J McLachlan, Bart Koes, Paulo H Ferreira
发表日期
2012/12/18
来源
Annals of internal medicine
卷号
157
期号
12
页码范围
865-877
出版商
American College of Physicians
简介
Background
Existing guidelines and systematic reviews provide inconsistent recommendations on epidural corticosteroid injections for sciatica. Key limitations of existing reviews are the inclusion of trials with active controls of unknown efficacy and failure to provide an estimate of the size of the treatment effect.
Purpose
To determine the efficacy of epidural corticosteroid injections for sciatica compared with placebo.
Data Sources
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, PsycINFO, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and CINAHL.
Study Selection
Randomized, placebo-controlled trials assessing the efficacy of epidural corticosteroid injections in participants with sciatica.
Data Extraction
Two independent reviewers extracted data and assessed …
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