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Steroid injections added to the usual treatment of lumbar radicular syndrome: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial in general practice

BACKGROUND: Lumbosacral radicular syndrome (LRS) is a self-limiting, benign, painful and impairing condition caused by lumbar disc herniation and inflammatory processes around the nerve root. Segmental epidural steroid injections (SESIs) are helpful to reduce radicular pain on a short-term basis. It...

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Autores principales: Spijker-Huiges, Antje, Winters, Jan C, van Wijhe, Marten, Groenier, Klaas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4200234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25304934
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-341