Systemic effects of epidural methylprednisolone injection on glucose tolerance in diabetic patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several studies have shown that in diabetic patients, the glycemic profile was disturbed after intra-articular injection of corticosteroids. Little is known about the impact of epidural injection in such patients. The goal of this study was double, at first comparing the glycaemic profile in diabetic patients after a unique injection of 80 mg of acetate methylprednisolone either intra-articular or epidural and secondly to compare the amount of systemic diffusion of the drug after both procedures.

Methods

Seventeen patients were included. Glycemic changes were compared in 9 diabetic patients following intra-articular (4 patients) and epidural injections (5 patients).Epidural injections were performed using the sacral route under fluoroscopic control in patients wit

SUBMITTER: Zufferey P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3298566 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature