Research Article
Relationships between the Spinal Dural Pulsations and the Short-Term Efficacy of Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection
Table 1
Patient’s characteristics.
| N = 71 | Dural pulsation | Presence (n = 31) | Absence (n = 40) |
| Age (yrs) | 65.7 ± 11.0 | 70.7 ± 8.5 | Gender (M : F) | 10 : 21 | 17 : 23 | Stenosis grade | Grade 1 | 21 (66.7%) | 20 (50%) | Grade 2 | 8 (26.7%) | 10 (25%) | Grade 3 | 2 (6.7%) | 10 (25%) | Stenosis level | L23 | | 2 (6.3) | L34 | 4 (13.3) | 10 (25%) | L45 | 21 (66.7%) | 23 (56.3) | L5/S1 | 6 (20.0) | 5 (12.5%) |
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