Background: Concerns exist regarding the analgesia effect and safety of epidural steroid
injection (ESI) after discectomy. There is an urgent need of studies that efficiently control for …

Background: Epidural steroid injection is a low-risk alternative to surgical intervention in the
treatment of lumbar disc herniation. The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy …

Abstract Treatment for lumbar disc herniation after failed conservative treatment is
discectomy. Discectomy can significantly relieve back pain as well as radicular symptoms …

Background: The efficacy of epidural steroid injection for sciatica due to herniated disc is
controversial. This study evaluates the therapeutic effect of an alternative technique that …

Purpose: Lumbar epidural steroid injection is a reasonable non-surgical option available in
lumbar disc disease. We have a number of studies that have compared epidural steroid …

Comparison of Two Methods of Epidural Steroid Injection in the Treatment of Recurrent Lumbar
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OBJECT The authors' aim in this paper was to review the intraoperative use of epidural
steroids in lumbar discectomy surgery with a focus on surgical complications. METHODS A …

Study Design. We randomized 200 patients after lumbar discectomy to receive epidural
steroid or none with a 2-year follow-up. Objective. To evaluate the outcome, neurologic …

Clinical trials, more specifically randomized controlled trials (RCT), have long been
considered a gold standard of clinical research. An RCT is the strongest research design for …

Abstract Study Design Prospective cohort study. Objective To report the clinical course of
patients with MRI-confirmed lumbar disc herniation-related radicular noncentralizing pain …