ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2012
Epidural steroid injections.
Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections Versus Corticosteroid Injections in the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain Secondary to Sacroiliitis.Pain research & management · 2026Pooled it
- Age-Related Transitions in Low Back Pain Pathology: A Life-Course Narrative Review.Pain and therapy · 2026Review
- Practice Patterns of Physicians Who Perform Lumbar Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections: A Technical Survey.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- Effects of Paraspinal Intramuscular Injection of Atelocollagen in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Retrospective Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Consensus practice guidelines on interventions for lumbar facet joint pain from a multispecialty, international working group.Regional anesthesia and pain medicine · 2020Article
- Effects of implementing evidence-based appropriateness guidelines for epidural steroid injection in chronic low back pain: the EAGER (Esi Appropriateness GuidElines pRotocol) study.BMJ open quality · 2019Observational
- The use of lumbar epidural injection of platelet lysate for treatment of radicular pain.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2017Article
- Perineural Injection for Treatment of Root-Signature Signs Associated with Lateralized Disk Material in Five Dogs (2009-2013).Frontiers in veterinary science · 2016Article
- Comparison of the efficacy of saline, local anesthetics, and steroids in epidural and facet joint injections for the management of spinal pain: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Surgical neurology international · 2015Article
- Epidural steroid injection: a need for a new clinical practice guideline.The Korean journal of pain · 2014Article
- Epidural steroid injection in korean pain physicians: a national survey.The Korean journal of pain · 2014Article
- Prevalence of the fibromyalgia phenotype in patients with spine pain presenting to a tertiary care pain clinic and the potential treatment implications.Arthritis and rheumatism · 2013Article
- Ethical challenges and interventional pain medicine.Current pain and headache reports · 2012Article
- Role of transforaminal epidural injections or selective nerve root blocks in the management of lumbar radicular syndrome - A narrative, evidence-based review.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and traumaArticle
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Epidural steroid injection (ESI) is the most commonly performed intervention in pain clinics across the United States. This article provides an evidence-based review of ESI, including data on efficacy, patient selection, comparison of types, and complications. The data strongly suggest that ESI can provide short-term relief for radicular symptoms but are less compelling for long-term effects or relief of back pain. Although it has been asserted that transforaminal ESIs are more efficacious than interlaminar injections, the evidence supporting this is limited.
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