Parasagittal Lumbar Steroid Injection Safest, Most Effective
February 7, 2012 (Miami Beach, Florida) — A modified interlaminar lumbar epidural steroid injection, referred to as the parasagittal approach, can achieve better pain relief than a midline ...
No Difference by Injection Approach for Low Back Pain - Medscape
Mar 10, 2014 · Despite widespread belief of improved pain relief with transforaminal injections, randomized trials show no significant differences for relief of radiating low back pain or for function.
Is Procedural Pain Prognostic in Lumbar Epidural Injection?
February 27, 2012 (Palm Springs, California) — Concordant pain provoked during lumbar epidural steroid injection (LESI) for radicular pain seems to be predictive of improved pain relief at 6 ...
Epidural Steroids Cause Blood Glucose Spike in Patients With DM
Apr 21, 2011 · Epidural steroid injections cause a significant but transient rise in blood glucose levels of patients with diabetes without affecting hemoglobin A1c levels; patients should be counseled.
FDA Panel Warns Against Certain Back Pain Injections - Medscape
Nov 28, 2014 · In interlaminar injections, clinicians insert the needle between (midline) or adjacent and parallel to (paramedian) the spinous processes of two vertebrae and traversing the ligamentum …