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A Randomized Trial of Epidural Glucocorticoid Injections for Spinal Stenosis
Information type:
Randomised controlled trials
Source:
New England Journal of Medicine
Specialities:
Musculo-skeletal disorders
Summary
In this study in 400 patients with lumbar central spinal stenosis and moderate-to-severe leg pain and disability, epidural injection of glucocorticoids plus lidocaine offered minimal or no short-term benefit as compared with epidural injection of lidocaine alone.
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