Epidural glucocorticoid injection is an intervention commonly used for managing lumbosacral radicular pain. The goal of the injection is to administer glucocorticoids to the epidural space to reduce ...

Epidural steroid injections are a minimally invasive option for people experiencing spinal stenosis, herniated discs, and so much more. Xavier met with Dr. Jay Jagannathan of Jagannathan Neurosurgery ...

MINNEAPOLIS – The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has developed a new systematic review to summarize for neurologists and other clinicians the evidence for epidural steroid injections and whether ...

If physical therapy or medications haven’t helped your chronic back pain, what do you try next? Tom Miller, MD, and Richard Kendall, MD, talk about one option—an epidural injection. They discuss ...

For most people suffering from back pain, surgery is scheduled only after all other options have been exhausted. One non-surgical approach to pain relief is epidural steroid injections. They are only ...

Although Bristol-Myers changed the label on its Kenalog steroid seven months ago to say that it’s “not recommended” for injection into the epidural space near the spine, the steroid is still being ...

Medicare should cover epidural steroid injections to relieve spinal pain caused by certain conditions lasting at least 4 weeks despite other treatment. An epidural steroid injection is a noninvasive ...

Medicare may cover epidural steroid injections for pain management when the pain is severe, caused by specific conditions, and lasts over 4 weeks despite other treatment. An epidural steroid injection ...