Does pain score in response to a standardized subcutaneous local anesthetic injection predict epidural steroid injection outcomes in patients with lumbosacral …

SP Cohen, J Mao, TN Vu, SA Strassels, A Gupta… - Pain …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Objective Epidural steroid injections (ESI) are the most commonly performed pain
procedures. Despite numerous studies, controversy continues to surround their …

[PDF][PDF] Concordant pain provocation during transforaminal epidural steroid injection for lumbosacral radiculopathy: effect on pain outcome and predictive factors

MD Zachary McCormick, MD Shana Margolis… - Pain …, 2015 - academia.edu
Background: Anecdotal report suggests that provocation of pain during epidural steroid
injection (ESI) that is concordant with typical radicular symptoms predicts pain outcome …

Lumbosacral radiculopathy: inciting events and their association with epidural steroid injection outcomes

AM Engle, Y Chen, B Marascalchi, I Wilkinson… - Pain …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objective Low back pain is the leading cause of worldwide disability, with lumbosacral
radiculopathy accounting for over one-third of these cases. There are limited data on the …

[PDF][PDF] Concordant provocation as a prognostic indicator during interlaminar lumbosacral epidural steroid injections

AH Sinofsky, SM Aydin, E Kim… - Pain …, 2014 - painphysicianjournal.com
Background: Interlaminar epidural steroid injection is a well-established intervention for the
treatment of radicular pain. Pain is commonly reported during the injection into the epidural …

Clinical Relevance of Epidural Steroid Injections on Lumbosacral Radicular Syndrome-related Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

TM de Bruijn, HS Miedema, IB de Groot… - The Clinical Journal …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
In Reply: We thank McCormick and colleagues for their thorough comments 1 to our study
Clinical Relevance of Epidural Steroid Injections on Lumbosacral Radicular Syndrome …

Factors associated with pain reduction after transforaminal epidural steroid injection for lumbosacral radicular pain

Z McCormick, D Cushman, E Casey, C Garvan… - Archives of physical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective To identify demographic and clinical factors associated with pain improvement
after a lumbosacral transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) for the treatment of …

Transforaminal epidural steroid injections in lumbosacral radiculopathy: a prospective randomized study

VB Vad, AL Bhat, GE Lutz, F Cammisa - 2002 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A prospective study randomized by patient choice from the private practice of
a single physician affiliated with a major teaching hospital was conducted. Objectives. To …

Epidural steroid injections for radicular lumbosacral pain: a systematic review

TA Shamliyan, JB Staal, D Goldmann… - Physical Medicine …, 2014 - pmr.theclinics.com
Methods The authors formulated the following clinical questions as the basis for this
overview.(1) What are the short-term and the long-term efficacy and safety of epidural steroid …

[HTML][HTML] Epidural steroid injection versus conservative treatment for patients with lumbosacral radicular pain: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

S Yang, W Kim, HH Kong, KH Do, KH Choi - Medicine, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: Previous systemic reviews have examined the efficacy of individual therapeutic
agents, but which type of treatment is superior to another has not been pooled or analyzed …

Comparison of pain score reduction using triamcinolone vs. betamethasone in transforaminal epidural steroid injections for lumbosacral radicular pain

Z McCormick, DJ Kennedy, C Garvan… - American Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objective Although the comparative efficacy of particulate vs. nonparticulate steroids for the
treatment of radicular pain with transforaminal epidural steroid injection has been …