Epidural steroid injection: a procedure ideally performed with fluoroscopic control.
Epidural injection of steroid and local anesthesia can be used to treat low back pain. The injection is best performed with fluoroscopic control, with needle placement documented by means of a limited epidurogram. The technique was used in 116 patients; there were only three failures (2.5%) and one complication.
el-Khoury
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Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinic, Iowa City.
Ehara
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Weinstein
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Montgomery
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Kathol
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D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D001416:Back Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007268:Injections, Epidural / Q000379:methods*
D001623:Betamethasone