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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Nerve Root and Types of Needles Used in Transforaminal Injections

Jose De AndresMiguel Angel ReinaJosé María Hernández

subject

medicine.anatomical_structureDorsal root ganglionNerve rootRadicular painbusiness.industryPain medicineAnesthesiaEpidural injectionsmedicineIn patientTransforaminal approachmedicine.diseasebusiness

description

The use of transforaminal epidural injections of steroids is common practice in pain medicine, in patients with radicular pain resistant to conventional treatments such as physiotherapy or anti-inflammatory medications. The goal of these injections is to deposit steroids in the proximity of nerve roots, using the epidural or the transforaminal route. The procedure is performed using a translaminar, caudal, or transforaminal approach.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2014-11-13
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09522-6_43