Title

Clinical outcomes of transforaminal versus interlaminar epidural injection among patients with lumbosacral disc herniation

Authors

Jaideep Singh, Gautam Chandra Koshi*, Sakshi Shukla & R. P. Kaushal

Affiliation

Department of Anesthesiology, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Jaideep Singh - E-mail: singhdrjaideep@gmail.com
Gautam Chandra Koshi - E-mail: chandrakoshikmusic@gmail.com

Sakshi Shukla - E-mail: sakshisatna65@gmail.com
R. P. Kaushal - E-mail: Rpkoushal1@rediffmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received September 1, 2025; Revised September 30, 2025; Accepted September 30, 2025, Published September 30, 2025

Abstract

A clinical outcome of the Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection (TFESI) and Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injection (ILESI) procedures in patients with lumbosacral disc herniation is of interest. Hence, a total of 60 patients were randomly allocated to be given TFESI (n=30) or ILESI (n=30). The two groups were both administered 8mg dexamethasone and 0.5 ml of preservative-free lignocaine filled to the 1ml level. Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) are to be used to measure pain at the pre-intervention, 15 days of intervention, as well as 3 months post-intervention. Thus, we show that TFESI was effective with enhanced pain relief, especially at the three-month follow-up.

Keywords

Lumbosacral disc herniation, transforaminal epidural steroid injection, interlaminar epidural steroid injection, pain management

Citation

Singh et al. Bioinformation 21(9): 3170-3174 (2025)

Edited by

Vini Mehta

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.