Safe and effective, this pain-relieving medical procedure is still surrounded by myth and misinformation.

If you’re thinking about getting an epidural to help manage the pain of childbirth, you’re not alone. More than 70% of women delivering at hospitals elect for an epidural or other spinal ...

Assisted stretching was the most common activity of daily living, range of motion the most frequent therapeutic intervention, and needle injection ... tenotomy, and spinal fusion (Dzienkowski ...

A 20-gauge spinal needle was used to puncture the lumbar thecal sac ... with an average MRI follow-up of 8±4.1 months. A non-targeted epidural blood patch (EBP) had been administered to 13 patients ...

There is some evidence for epidural steroid injections (ESIs) reducing pain and disability in cervical and lumbar radi ...

A total of 90 studies were examined. The review focused on the use of epidural steroid injections to reduce pain for people ...

Patient-controlled epidural analgesia after TKA was associated with reduced postoperative pain but had no effect on postoperative nausea and vomiting incidence.

There appears to be limited evidence supporting the use of epidural steroid injections for certain types of chronic lower ...

Scientists have developed a new systematic review to summarize for neurologists and other clinicians the evidence for epidural steroid injections and whether they reduce pain and disability for people ...