A recent study from Australian researchers determined that transforaminal injection of steroids was a viable alternative to surgery for lumbar radicular pain due to disc herniation. Full details ...

Transforaminal epidural steroid injections: A systematic review and meta-analysis of efficacy and safety. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33492919/ Patel K, et al. (2023). Epidural steroid injections.

Baker et al. Demystifying Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroids: A Seminal Efficacy Study of a Specific Spinal Injection Editorials. Pain Medicine , 2010; 11 (8): 1141 DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637. ...

Lumbar: treats pain in the lower spine; ... Transforaminal epidural steroid injections: A systematic review and meta-analysis of efficacy and safety. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33492919/ ...

A study in Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery analyzed the positive predictive value of diagnostic 1 percent lidocaine containing transforaminal epidural steroid injections after outpatient ...

At 1 year, persistent radiculopathy was similar in the sham- and steroid-treated groups. Epidural steroid injections (ESIs; interlaminar, transforaminal, or caudal) are used to treat patients with ...

FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- There is some evidence for epidural steroid injections (ESIs) reducing pain and ...

A small 2019 study found at 2-year follow-up that of 34 people who received a cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injection after disc herniation, 11 needed more injections and 4 required ...

CT-guided pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) with transforaminal epidural steroid injection. ... When the pain is caused by a lumbar disk herniation, surgery is often the treatment option for pain relief.