Epidural glucocorticoid injection is an intervention commonly used for managing lumbosacral radicular pain. The goal of the injection is to administer glucocorticoids to the epidural space to ...

Two hundred and four cervical epidural injections of corticosteroids were performed on 142 patients for the treatment of cervical pain over a 1-yr period. Injections were performed at the C7-T1 ...

Those with a history of previous lumbar spine surgery or those who had received epidural steroid injections within the last 6 months were excluded. Patients were randomized to injections with ...

SpineThera is developing a sustained-release injectable drug for back pain with the aims of improving safety and reducing the need for repeated epidural injections of corticosteroids.

"This is especially true when they are performed on people who have pain only in their lower back or another type of pain that will not likely be helped by an epidural steroid injection.

A pain management expert can also discuss other possibilities, including facet joint injections, other types of injections, electrothermal and radiofrequency treatments, Botox, and spinal cord ...