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Unnecessary multiple epidural steroid injections delay surgery for massive lumbar disc: Case discussion and review
BACKGROUND: Epidural steroid injections (ESI) in the lumbar spine are not effective over the long-term for resolving “surgical” lesions. Here, we present a patient with a massive L2–L3 lumbar disk herniation whose surgery was delayed for 4 months by multiple unnecessary ESI, resulting in a cauda equ...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4566306/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26425398 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.163958 |