Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 5 , Page 687 , May 2007

Do We Really Want to Suggest 4 Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections Prior to Surgery?

  • Suzanne Novak, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Pharmacy, University of Texas, Austin, TX
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  • William C. Nemeth, MD

      Affiliations

    • Texas Association of School Boards, Austin, TX

References 

  1. DePalma MJ, Bhargava A, Slipman CW. A critical appraisal of the evidence for selective nerve root injection in the treatment of lumbosacral radiculopathy. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2005;86:1477–1483
  2. Riew KD, Yin Y, Gilula L, et al. The effect of nerve-root injections on the need for operative treatment of lumbar radicular pain (A prospective, randomized, controlled, double-blind study). J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2000;82:1589–1593
  3. Riew KD, Park JB, Cho YS, et al. Nerve root blocks in the treatment of lumbar radicular pain (A minimum five-year follow-up). J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006;88:1722–1725

PII: S0003-9993(07)00199-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.03.006

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 5 , Page 687 , May 2007

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