Table 4.
Leg pain cohort
| No. | % | Results | No. | Mean | SD | No. | Mean | SD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 40 | Local anesthetic | 22 | |||||||
| Female | 23 | 58 | All | 40 | Effective | 15 | ||||
| Male | 17 | 43 | Prescore (NRS) | 7.8 | 1.7 | Prescore (NRS) | 7.7 | 1.6 | ||
| Postscore (NRS) | 3.7 | 2.5 | Postscore (NRS) | 2.7 | 1.8 | |||||
| Cancer | 40 | Relief, % | 53 | 31 | Relief, % | 68 | 23 | |||
| Endocrine | 4 | 10 | Relief, wk | 4.8 | 7.3 | Relief, wk | 4.2 | 6.5 | ||
| GYN | 8 | 20 | Ineffective | 7 | ||||||
| Lung | 1 | 3 | Local anesthetic | 22 | Prescore (NRS) | 8.0 | 1.4 | |||
| Neurologic | 5 | 13 | Prescore (NRS) | 7.8 | 1.5 | Postscore (NRS) | 7.1 | 1.3 | ||
| Other | 2 | 5 | Postscore (NRS) | 4.1 | 2.7 | Relief, % | 11 | 9 | ||
| Soft tissue | 12 | 30 | Relief, % | 50 | 33 | Relief, wk | 2.5 | 6.0 | ||
| Urologic | 8 | 20 | Relief, wk | 3.7 | 6.2 | |||||
| Local anesthetic + steroid | 18 | |||||||||
| Level | 40 | Local anesthetic + steroid | 18 | Effective | 15 | |||||
| L2 | 13 | 33 | Prescore (NRS) | 7.7 | 1.9 | Prescore (NRS) | 7.7 | 2.0 | ||
| L3 | 27 | 68 | Postscore (NRS) | 3.3 | 2.3 | Postscore (NRS) | 2.6 | 1.6 | ||
| Relief, % | 58 | 29 | Relief, % | 67 | 21 | |||||
| Outcome | 40 | Relief, wk | 6.3 | 8.4 | Relief, wk | 7.4 | 8.8 | |||
| Effective | 30 | 75 | Ineffective | 3 | ||||||
| Ineffective | 10 | 25 | Prescore (NRS) | 8.0 | 2.0 | |||||
| Postscore (NRS) | 6.7 | 2.1 | ||||||||
| Relief, % | 12 | 13 | ||||||||
| Relief, wk | 0.7 | 1.2 |
Effective relief was defined as ≥30% relief for one or more days.
GI = gastrointestinal; GYN = gynecological; NRS = numerical rating scale.