Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection is as good as a Microdiscectomy for Sciatica.
Transforaminal epidural steroid injection is as good as microdiscectomy for sciatica
Transforaminal epidural steroid injection is as good as microdiscectomy for sciatica
Facet joint injections with cortisone have been offered as a treatment for mechanical low back pain for at least 60 years. More recently however, this practice has been becoming increasingly controversial on both clinical efficacy and cost effectiveness grounds.
This is a brief summary of the 2016 NICE guideline for the management of chronic low back pain