Preoperatively receiving epidural steroid injections increases risk of infection after a lumbar spinal fusion, according to a study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery.

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 ...

An epidural injection at T12-L1 is reported with the cervical epidural injection code, but a facet joint injection at T12-L1 is reported with a lumbar facet injection code. 3. A facet injection code ...

The impact of preoperative epidural injections on postoperative infection in lumbar fusion surgery. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine , 2017; 1 DOI: 10.3171/2016.9.SPINE16484 Cite This Page : ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cite this: Joseph K. Lee. Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection for Cervical Radiculopathy and Its Association With CNS Injury - Medscape - Oct 06, 2009. Tables References ...

Epidural injections with a glucocorticoid in combination with the local anesthetic lidocaine appear to be no better in reducing pain and physical limitations in patients with spinal stenosis, a ...

In the study, 400 patients with back and leg pain caused by lumbar spinal stenosis, a common cause of such pain in older adults, were randomly assigned to receive epidural injections containing ...

Check-up: Lumbar epidural steroid injections. With a recent diagnosis of sciatica, my GP referred me on to a specialist. MARION KERR. Tue Sept 28 2010 - 01:00.

“Recent figures show 1999 Medicare Part B claims for lumbar epidural steroid injections were $49.9 million, for 40.4 million covered individuals. ...