In the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis, epidural injection of glucocorticoids plus lidocaine offered minimal or no short-term benefit compared with epidural injection of lidocaine alone, a new ...

Dr. Tarun Jolly answers the question: 'Use Of Epidural Steriod Injections?' — -- Question: What Is An Epidural Steroid Injection And When Might I Need One For My Pain? Answer: An epidural steroid ...

Epidural glucocorticoid injection is an intervention commonly used for managing lumbosacral radicular pain. The goal of the injection is to administer glucocorticoids to the epidural space to reduce ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has developed a new systematic review to summarize for neurologists and other clinicians the evidence for epidural ...

A single spinal injection was given to 154 patients in the ESI group of an observational study from the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT). They were compared with 453 patients who did not ...

Epidural glucocorticoid injections are widely used to treat symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis, a common cause of pain and disability in older adults. However, rigorous data are lacking regarding the ...

There appears to be limited evidence supporting the use of epidural steroid injections for certain types of chronic lower back pain, new guidance from the American Academy of Neurology finds. Epidural ...

The following column first appeared in the AAPC News.Medicare Part B physician payments for transforaminal epidural injection services increased from $57 million in 2003 to $141 million in 2007, ...

If determined that documentation does not support separate and distinct anatomic locations/regions for the two injections performed, only one injection can be reported. Correct code — CPT 20550 = ...

Claim: Women in childbirth with tattoos on their lower backs should not receive anesthetic via epidural injection. I have a tattoo on my lower back and I have recently been told that when I go into ...