A study in Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery analyzed the positive predictive value of diagnostic 1 percent lidocaine containing transforaminal epidural steroid injections after outpatient ...

A recent study from Australian researchers determined that transforaminal injection of steroids was a viable alternative to surgery for lumbar radicular pain due to disc herniation. Full details of ...

PHOENIX, Arizona — Transforaminal epidural steroid injections, despite being widely regarded as superior to interlaminar injections, are not significantly superior in providing pain relief or ...

A TLIF is a type of surgery that focuses on relieving pressure on the lumbar spine discs and stabilizing the spine through fusion. In some cases, a TLIF procedure may be necessary to provide ...

ASCs safe to perform transforaminal decompressions for lumbar foraminal & lateral recess stenosis, study shows Study investigators found readmission rates did not increase when transforaminal ...

A single spinal injection was given to 154 patients in the ESI group of an observational study from the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT). They were compared with 453 patients who did not ...

This section describes efficacy outcomes from the published literature that the committee considered as part of the evidence about this procedure. For more detailed information on the evidence, see ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the current climate of bundled payments and value-based health care reform, investigators concluded from a ...

Introduction: Full-endoscopic lumbar discectomy (ELD) can be performed using either the transforaminal (TELD) or interlaminar (IELD) approach. Although both techniques are widely used, the optimal ...

Lumbar disc herniation occurs when the nucleus pulposus of an intervertebral disc protrudes through a tear in the surrounding annulus fibrosus. Symptoms include pain in the back or leg, and numbness ...