Those with a history of previous lumbar spine surgery or those who had received epidural steroid injections within the last 6 months were excluded. Patients were randomized to injections with ...

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 ...

Epidural steroid injections (ESIs ... of caudal ESIs versus saline injections in patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy (>12 weeks of back and leg pain with associated sensory, reflex ...

The epidural solution for maintenance of analgesia in each group was 0.1% ropivacaine mixed with 2 μg ml −1 fentanyl. Maternal age, body mass index (BMI), gestational age, maternal blood pressure, ...

A pain management expert can also discuss other possibilities, including facet joint injections, other types of injections, electrothermal and radiofrequency treatments, Botox, and spinal cord ...

Cervical screening is a way of preventing cervical cancer. It is not a test for cancer. It tests for a virus called human papillomavirus (HPV). High risk HPV can cause cell changes in the cervix, ...

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), also known as cervical dysplasia, is the abnormal growth of cells (neoplasia) or lesions on your outer cervix lining (intraepithelial). CIN can be detected ...

Surgery may be the best option in some situations. For some people, non-invasive treatment and surgery have similar long-term outcomes for lumbar spinal stenosis. For example, for some people, ...

Low-dose dexamethasone mixed with local anesthetic was found to be the optimal injectate for use in interlaminar epidural steroid injections for the management of lumbar radiculopathy. Interlaminar ...

The plaintiff's attorney said the biggest hurdle in the case had to do with proving causation, since the plaintiff had ...

The defendant failed to plan, monitor or ensure that the stripping of forms was done in a safe way so as to eliminate the ...

Cervical cancer is a disease in which the cells of the cervix become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably. Approximately 90% are squamous cell carcinomas, and the remaining 10% are ...