Cervical retrolaminar blocks: underutilized or ineffective in treating cervical radicular pain?
Cervical epidural steroid injections (ESIs) are standard interventions for treating cervical radicular pain, yet both transforaminal and interlaminar approaches carry rare but catastrophic risks including spinal cord injury.[1 2][1] Additional complexity arises in patient populations, such as those
Authors
- Ryan S. D’Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4601-9837)
- David Hao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0221-9255)
- Steven Paul Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5928-2127)
- Jay Karri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0520-9516)
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Florida (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
- Published
- 2026-06-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2026-107829
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00