Open AccessAssessment of the effectiveness of lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injection for low back pain
Author(s) -
Abdülkadir Atım,
Süleyman Deniz,
Oğuz Kılıçkaya,
Mehmet Emın Orhan,
Tarık Purtuloğlu,
Ercan Kurt
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
ağrı
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2458-9446
pISSN - 1300-0012
DOI - 10.5505/agri.2011.06025
Subject(s) - medicine , epidural steroid injection , low back pain , visual analogue scale , back pain , failed back surgery , anesthesia , retrospective cohort study , lumbar , lumbar spinal stenosis , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology , spinal cord stimulation , stimulation
Transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) is a minimally invasive technique used for low back pain. We aimed to assess the efficiency of TFESI in patients with low back pain who did not respond to conservative or surgical methods.