EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION IN HERNIATED DISC AND LUMBAR CANAL STENOSIS: IS IT JUST A PLACEBO?

ABSTRACT Objective To study the role of epidural steroid injection (ESI) in patients with lumbar disc herniation (LDH) and lumbar canal stenosis (LCS). ESIs are regularly used to support non-operative treatment for LBP, and our anecdotal impression is that a considerable proportion of patients rep...

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Main Authors: AJAY KUMAR SHETTY PAPANNA, SUJITH RAO VITTALDAS, BALAMURUGAN THIRUGNANAM, VIDYADHARA SRINIVASA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna (SBC) 2021-09-01
Series:Coluna/Columna
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-18512021000300189&tlng=en