This review assessed interlaminar, transforaminal and caudal epidural injections for the
treatment of chronic spinal pain. The authors concluded that there is moderate evidence for …

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: Transforaminal epidural injections have been used since the late 1990s to treat
lumbar radicular pain. They have been the subject of considerable attention, with varying …

METHODS: Ninety patients aged 18–60 years with L5-S1 disk herniations and radicular
pain were randomly assigned to one of these groups to have epidural steroid injection …

Background: Understanding the neurophysiological basis of chronic spinal pain and
diagnostic interventional techniques is crucial in the proper diagnosis and management of …

E452 www. painphysicianjournal. com medical professionals' concerns about epidural
corticosteroid injections and the risk of serious neurologic and adverse events (14). This …

Objective To systematically analyze published studies in regard to the comparative efficacy
of particulate versus nonparticulate corticosteroids for cervical and lumbosacral epidural …

BACKGROUND: Lumbar midline interlaminar and transforaminal (TF) epidural steroid
injections are treatments for low back pain with radiculopathy secondary to degenerative …

Background Selective steroid injections of the lumbar spine carry a risk of paraplegia of
sudden onset. Seven cases have been reported in the English literature since 2002 …

Background: Transforaminal technique for epidural steroid injections, unlike other
approaches, is uniquely associated with permanent, bilateral, lower extremity paralysis …