Epidural steroid injectionIncidenceNational administrative databaseRisk factorsSurgeryBACKGROUND CONTEXT: Cervical epidural steroid injections (CESIs) are sometimes used in the management of cervical radicular pain in order to delay or avoid surgery. However, the rate and determinants of surgery following ...
Louisiana: Epidural Injection During Treatment May Have Caused Worker’s Subsequent Infection A decision by Louisiana’s Office of Workers' Compensation granting summary judgment in favor of an employer and its workers' compen...
A single epidural injection raised the risk of fracture 1.32 times adjusting for covariates (P=0.001). Conclusions The findings presented here suggest, that like other forms of exogenous steroid administration, epidural injection may not offer the assumed protection against systemic distribution. Since ...
Epidural steroid injectionHerniationLumbarLumbosacralStenosisSurvivalBACKGROUND CONTEXT: Lumbosacral epidural steroid injections (ESIs) have increased dramatically despite a narrowing of the clinical indications for use. One potential indication is to avoid or delay surgery, yet little information exists ...
doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2018.05.034Epidural steroid injectionHerniationLumbarLumbosacralStenosisSurvivalJayme C.B. KoltsovMatthew W. SmuckAlicia ZagelTodd F. AlaminKirkham B. WoodIvan ChengSerena S. HuElsevierNature reviews Cancer
The aims of this clinical trial were threefold: to assess the usefulness of single epidural steroid injection (ESI) in DLSS, to compare the outcomes of ESI and decompressive surgery, and evaluate ESI as a predictor of outcome following decompressive surgery. Dogs diagnosed with DLSS were ...
Epidural steroid injectionHerniationLumbarLumbosacralStenosisSurvivalBACKGROUND CONTEXT: Lumbosacral epidural steroid injections (ESIs) have increased dramatically despite a narrowing of the clinical indications for use. One potential indication is to avoid or delay surgery, yet little information exists ...
Alternative treatments to surgery in canine degenerative lumbosacral stenosis (DLSS) remain limited and reliable predictors of outcome are lacking. The aims of this clinical trial were threefold: to assess the usefulness of single epidural steroid injection (ESI) in DLSS, to compare the outcomes of ...