Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) are the most widely utilized pain management procedure
in the world, their use supported by more than 45 placebo-controlled studies and dozens of …

Background: The prevalence of chronic low back pain and related disability is rapidly
increasing as are the myriad treatments, including epidural injections. Even though epidural …

Background: Use of epidural corticosteroid injections is increasing. Purpose: To review
evidence on the benefits and harms of epidural corticosteroid injections in adults with …

Lumbosacral radicular pain is characterized by a radiating pain in one or more lumbar or
sacral dermatomes; it may or may not be accompanied by other radicular irritation symptoms …

Background Lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication is one of the most
commonly diagnosed and treated pathological spinal conditions. It frequently afflicts the …

BACKGROUND: Epidural injections have been used since 1901 in managing low back pain
and sciatica. Spinal pain, disability, health, and economic impact continue to increase …

Background: Epidural steroid injection is the most frequently performed pain procedure. This
study of epidural steroid “control” injections aimed to determine whether epidural nonsteroid …

BACKGROUND: Steroids often are administered into the epidural space through the
transforaminal epidural (TFE) route to treat lumbosacral radicular pain secondary to …

Background: The efficacy of epidural and facet joint injections has been assessed utilizing
multiple solutions including saline, local anesthetic, steroids, and others. The responses to …

Steroids are perhaps one of the most widely used group of drugs in present day anaesthetic
practice, sometimes with indication and sometimes without indications. Because of their …