Dr. Dawley and colleagues sought to affirm the possibility that intra-arterial injection of commonly used corticosteroids could lead to central nervous system injury during a transforaminal epidural ...

In many instances, surgery is not needed and chronic spinal conditions can be treated with non-surgical pain management techniques. These techniques include the utilization of anti-inflammatory or ...

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and several other institutions say they have developed a quick clinical test that predicts which people with neck pain are more likely to benefit from epidural ...

Background A 79-year-old woman with a history of chronic back pain and urinary urgency presented to a spine center for treatment and evaluation for axial low back pain. The patient described the back ...

A single spinal injection was given to 154 patients in the ESI group of an observational study from the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT). They were compared with 453 patients who did not ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Single lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections were found to be clinically effective in treating lumbar radicular pain, according to a presenter here. Previously, single ...

Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections Up Risk of Spinal Fx In patients with radiculopathy or neurogenic claudication due to compression of spinal nerves, lumbar epidural steroid injections increase the ...

A recent study conducted by the American Academy of Neurology finds that epidural steroid injections play a limited role in providing short-term pain relief for lower back pain that radiates down a ...

With a recent diagnosis of sciatica, my GP referred me on to a specialist. She has recommendedan epidural steroid injection into my back. Can you explain what this is? Sciatic pain is usually caused ...