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Epidural Steroid Injections Reviewed for Radicular Pain, Spinal Stenosis

FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- There is some evidence for epidural steroid injections (ESIs) reducing pain and ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

A Randomized Trial of Epidural Glucocorticoid Injections for Spinal Stenosis

Epidural glucocorticoid injections are widely used to treat symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis, a common cause of pain and disability in older adults. However, rigorous data are lacking regarding the ...
Becker's ASC

Study: Modified Approach to Interlaminar Lumbar Epidural Ateroid Injections Safer, More Effective

A modified interlaminar lumbar epidural steroid injection approach, known as the parasagittal approach, is more effective at reducing unilateral lumbosacral radicular back pain and is safer than the ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Interlaminar vs. Transforminal Epidural Steroids for Lumbar Radicular Pain

AUSTIN, TX—Argument in the literature exists over interlaminar (IL) versus transforminal (TF) lumbar epidural steroid injection technique as the most effective therapy in lumbar radiculopathy. However ...
Healio

Epidural steroid injections associated with a low complication rate

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO, Fla. — A study showing transforaminal and interlaminar epidural steroid injections are beneficial and ...
Medscape

Panel Recommends Steps for Safer Epidural Injections

The risk for rare but potentially catastrophic neurological injuries from epidural steroid injections (ESIs) can be substantially reduced if anesthesiologists and other clinicians follow specific ...
Medscape

Steroid Epidural Injections No Benefit in Spinal Stenosis

In the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis, epidural injection of glucocorticoids plus lidocaine offered minimal or no short-term benefit compared with epidural injection of lidocaine alone, a new ...
Science Daily

Transforaminal steroid injection for lumbar radicular pain proves superior to placebo

Transforaminal injection of steroids was determined to be a viable alternative to surgery for lumbar radicular pain due to disc herniation, a new study shows. 54 percent of patients achieved pain ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Epidural Steroid Injections Reviewed for Radicular Pain, Spinal Stenosis

Researchers found that ESIs probably reduced short-term pain and disability and possibly reduced long-term disability. HealthDay News — There is some evidence for epidural steroid injections (ESIs) ...
Healio

Epidural steroid injections associated with a low complication rate

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO, Fla. — A study showing transforaminal and interlaminar epidural steroid injections are beneficial and ...
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Transforaminal steroid injection for lumbar radicular pain proves superior to placebo

A recent study from Australian researchers determined that transforaminal injection of steroids was a viable alternative to surgery for lumbar radicular pain due to disc herniation. Full details of ...