Factfinders for patient safety: Epidural steroid injections in the setting of severe cervical central and neuroforaminal stenosis
This FactFinder presents a brief summary of the evidence surrounding the safety of epidural steroid injections in patients with severe cervical central canal or neural foraminal stenosis. With proper consideration of anatomy, level, and approach, cervical epidural steroid injection risks may be mitigated in a patient with severe cervical central canal and/or neuroforaminal spinal stenosis.
Authors
- Aditya Raghunandan
- Mathew Saffarian
- David Levi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4367-6042)
- Patricia Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5855-5303)
Institutions
- The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Jordan-Young Institute (US)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio (US)
- Michigan State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Interventional Pain Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpm.2025.100580
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00