Abstract
Epidural steroid injections are widely used as a medical intervention for the treatment of radicular pain from disc herniation. Iatrogenic spinal cord injuries after epidural steroid injections are rare, but catastrophic and devastating events have been reported in the literature. Clinical precautions should be implemented to identify individuals who are at high risk for neurologic injury, and measures should be taken to improve patient safety.
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Silva, B., Elmofty, D. (2018). Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury After Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections. In: Anitescu, M., Benzon, H., Wallace, M. (eds) Challenging Cases and Complication Management in Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60072-7_11
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