Epidural steroid injections (ESI) are often used as pain ... If the injection takes place in the cervical spine, it’s best to sleep on your back. Devers recommends using a pillow that will ...

Epidural steroid injections demonstrated limited efficacy in reducing back pain and disability, according to a systematic review from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). In cervical and ...

"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.

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 ...

In this study, caudal ESI was ineffective for chronic lumbar radiculopathy. These results are consistent with those from a recent systematic review (Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2009; 34:49) and an ...

On November 18, 2019, the victim underwent a routine lumbar epidural steroid injection procedure performed by Dr. Robert Iadevaio at the Pain Institute of Long Island (currently Catholic ...