Epidural Steroid Injections for Low Back Pain: A Narrative Review

Low back pain represents a significant socioeconomic burden. Several nonsurgical medical treatments have been proposed for the treatment of this disabling condition. Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) are commonly used to treat lumbosacral radicular pain and to avoid surgery. Even though it is still...

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Autores principales: Carassiti, Massimiliano, Pascarella, Giuseppe, Strumia, Alessandro, Russo, Fabrizio, Papalia, Giuseppe Francesco, Cataldo, Rita, Gargano, Francesca, Costa, Fabio, Pierri, Michelangelo, De Tommasi, Francesca, Massaroni, Carlo, Schena, Emiliano, Agrò, Felice Eugenio
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8744824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35010492
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010231
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author Carassiti, Massimiliano
Pascarella, Giuseppe
Strumia, Alessandro
Russo, Fabrizio
Papalia, Giuseppe Francesco
Cataldo, Rita
Gargano, Francesca
Costa, Fabio
Pierri, Michelangelo
De Tommasi, Francesca
Massaroni, Carlo
Schena, Emiliano
Agrò, Felice Eugenio
author_facet Carassiti, Massimiliano
Pascarella, Giuseppe
Strumia, Alessandro
Russo, Fabrizio
Papalia, Giuseppe Francesco
Cataldo, Rita
Gargano, Francesca
Costa, Fabio
Pierri, Michelangelo
De Tommasi, Francesca
Massaroni, Carlo
Schena, Emiliano
Agrò, Felice Eugenio
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description Low back pain represents a significant socioeconomic burden. Several nonsurgical medical treatments have been proposed for the treatment of this disabling condition. Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) are commonly used to treat lumbosacral radicular pain and to avoid surgery. Even though it is still not clear which type of conservative intervention is superior, several studies have proved that ESIs are able to increase patients’ quality of life, relieve lumbosacral radicular pain and finally, reduce or delay more invasive interventions, such as spinal surgery. The aim of this narrative review is to analyze the mechanism of action of ESIs in patients affected by low back pain and investigate their current application in treating this widespread pathology.
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spelling pubmed-87448242022-01-11 Epidural Steroid Injections for Low Back Pain: A Narrative Review Carassiti, Massimiliano Pascarella, Giuseppe Strumia, Alessandro Russo, Fabrizio Papalia, Giuseppe Francesco Cataldo, Rita Gargano, Francesca Costa, Fabio Pierri, Michelangelo De Tommasi, Francesca Massaroni, Carlo Schena, Emiliano Agrò, Felice Eugenio Int J Environ Res Public Health Review Low back pain represents a significant socioeconomic burden. Several nonsurgical medical treatments have been proposed for the treatment of this disabling condition. Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) are commonly used to treat lumbosacral radicular pain and to avoid surgery. Even though it is still not clear which type of conservative intervention is superior, several studies have proved that ESIs are able to increase patients’ quality of life, relieve lumbosacral radicular pain and finally, reduce or delay more invasive interventions, such as spinal surgery. The aim of this narrative review is to analyze the mechanism of action of ESIs in patients affected by low back pain and investigate their current application in treating this widespread pathology. MDPI 2021-12-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8744824/ /pubmed/35010492 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010231 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Pascarella, Giuseppe
Strumia, Alessandro
Russo, Fabrizio
Papalia, Giuseppe Francesco
Cataldo, Rita
Gargano, Francesca
Costa, Fabio
Pierri, Michelangelo
De Tommasi, Francesca
Massaroni, Carlo
Schena, Emiliano
Agrò, Felice Eugenio
Epidural Steroid Injections for Low Back Pain: A Narrative Review
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010231
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