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

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

The anesthesiologist will then advance a needle into the epidural space, which lies outside of the dural sac which contains the spinal cord and fluid. A small catheter will then be inserted into ...

Just a week after an American Academy of Neurology (AAN) committee found "limited efficacy" for epidural steroid injections ...

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 ...

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

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

The failure to demonstrate efficacy of epidural steroid injections for lumbar spinal stenosis suggests that this extremely common practice does not stand on firm evidence. Furthermore, some ...

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 ...