Oral opioid analgesics vs spinal steroid injections in the treatment of low back pain syndromes

Category Structured summary of systematic reviews
JournalDatabase of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
Year 2013
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CRD SUMMARY:

This review found that opioid therapy and percutaneous spinal steroid injections were both helpful for low back pain and disability but high drop-out rates precluded conclusions about opioid therapy for chronic low back pain. The cautious conclusion reflects problems with the evidence but its reliability is limited by a lack of detail on review methods and study quality.
Epistemonikos ID: b159aa5d3939837b7088be3d6f4b5f55c0e664e8
First added on: Jun 03, 2013