Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Feb 2022
Multicenter StudyMulticenter study evaluating factors associated with treatment outcome for low back pain injections.
There has been a worldwide surge in interventional procedures for low back pain (LBP), with studies yielding mixed results. These data support the need for identifying outcome predictors based on unique characteristics in a pragmatic setting. ⋯ Identifying treatment responders is a critical endeavor for the viability of procedures in LBP. Patients with greater disease burden, depression and obesity are more likely to fail interventions. Steps to address these should be considered before or concurrent with procedures as considerations dictate.