Dear Doctor K: I suffer from sciatica, which has caused a lot of pain over the past six months. My doctor has recommended epidural injections, but I hear that they have been disproven. Can you help me ...

Epidural Steroid Shot May Offer Modest Benefit in Sciatica Epidural steroid injections provided only modest, short-term pain relief for lumbrosacral radiculopathy compared with etanercept, and neither ...

There appears to be limited evidence supporting the use of epidural steroid injections for certain types of chronic lower back pain, new guidance from the American Academy of Neurology finds. Epidural ...

Everyone will have back pain at some point in their lives, but not all can be cured with a couple days of rest. Dr. Jay Jagannathan, with Jagannathan Neurosurgery, says a simple procedure can help a ...

Lower back pain A team of investigators assessed outcomes following epidural steroid injections for pain relief in older adults with new episodes of back pain. Study finds that older adults with a new ...

An estimated 3.0 million epidural steroid injection procedures are performed yearly in these three jurisdictions. Medicare is expected to account for up to 40% of clinical practice volume, ...

To present a patient with spinal brucellosis, which was initially presented with sciatica and misdiagnosed as a lumbar disc herniation owing to nonspecific neurological and radiological findings. The ...

A: I wish I had a definite and non-controversial answer. But as with so many areas of medicine, not every study of that question comes up with the same answer. Some say "yes" and some say "no" — for ...

Dear Doctor K: I suffer from sciatica, which has caused a lot of pain over the past six month. My doctor has recommended epidural injections, but I hear that they have been disproven. Can you help me ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: I suffer from sciatica, which has caused a lot of pain over the past six month. My doctor has recommended epidural injections, but I hear that they have been disproven. Can you help me ...

This column is an update of one that ran originally in February 2013. DEAR DOCTOR K: I suffer from sciatica, which has caused a lot of pain over the past six month. My doctor has recommended epidural ...