ORLANDO, Fla. — Evidence of the effectiveness and safety of CT-guided, lumbar transforaminal injection of steroids in the treatment of radicular pain is scant, according to a presenter here. Nikolai ...

The radiation dose for a CT fluoroscopy is about half that for conventional fluoroscopy to guide epidural steroid injections, however, the dose is substantially more than conventional fluoroscopy when ...

March 6, 2012 (Vienna, Austria) — The use of ultrasound to guide transforaminal epidural steroid injections (TF-ESIs) for the treatment of cervical radiculopathy is an effective radiation-free ...

Those who don't respond may require surgery. In some cases, the entire disk must be removed and the vertebra fused together for stability. An alternative technique, CT-guided pulsed radiofrequency ...

Objective: To compare the efficacy and tolerability of dexamethasone-21-palmitate and mepivacaine alone and in combination in the acute treatment of facet syndrome. Results: In all three groups, ...

If you feel pain in your neck and shoulder, your doctor might want you to get a specific X-ray to see what’s causing the pain. This test is a computed tomography scan or what's more commonly called a ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Researchers found that a minimally invasive procedure combined with epidural steroid injection treatment led to superior pain reduction and disability improvement over one year in ...